austerity
n. 嚴厲; 簡樸,樸素; 苦行; 節衣縮食
Austerity is a situation in which people's living standards are reduced because of economic difficulties.
...an economic austerity programme.
經濟緊縮方案
...the years of austerity which followed the war.
戰後的艱苦歲月
If you refer to something as showing austerity, you like its plain and simple appearance.
...many abandoned buildings, some of which have a compact classical austerity and dignity.
許多廢棄建築,其中一些佈局緊湊、古樸典雅
1. the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures)
Afterward, the Chinese central bank announced new monetary austerity measures.
隨後, 中國央行就宣佈了新的貨幣緊縮措施.
A peculiar austerity marked his judgments of modern life.
他對現代生活的批評帶著一種特殊的苛刻.
War was followed by many years of austerity.
戰爭結束後還要過多年的緊日子.
What would you rather have : Austerity Britain or Weimar Germany?
二戰後的 百廢待興 的英國,還是魏瑪政府時期的物價飛漲的德國?
The question most often asked is whether Mr Osborne's gamble with austerity will pay off.
人們問得最多的一個問題是,奧斯本這一厲行節約的賭博是否會獲得回報.