| 单词 | austerity |
| 释义 | austerity (once / 1174 pages) n If you've ever had a teacher who was particularly stern and strict, you might have (quietly) remarked on his austerity. When you're talking about the character of a person, austerity means "sternness and severity." Austerity's original meaning, taken from the Greek word austeros, was "bitter or harsh taste." While it's rarely used that way anymore, it's still a great description of the word's current meanings. As well as describing a personal quality of sternness, it also means "a simple, plain manner" and "an extreme frugality." So you could talk about the austerity of a very plainly decorated room or the austerity you're forced to live with ever since your parents stopped giving you a weekly allowance. If your lack of money had a taste, it might very well be "bitter or harsh." WORD FAMILYausterity: austerities+/austere: austerely, austereness, austerer, austerest, austerity USAGE EXAMPLESThey got their answer beginning in 2008 when economic crisis and austerity politics proved that democracy did matter. Salon(Dec 30, 2016) But lawmakers removed some austerity measures that the central government wanted to impose on states accepting the deal. Wall Street Journal(Dec 28, 2016) Tsipras also said that Greece would not surrender to those who want Greece to permanently maintain austerity policies. Reuters(Dec 17, 2016) n the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures) Syn|Hypo|Hyper asceticism, nonindulgence monasticism asceticism as a form of religious life; usually conducted in a community under a common rule and characterized by celibacy and poverty and obedience eremitismmonasticism characterized by solitude in which the social dimension of life is sacrificed to the primacy of religious experience self-denial, self-discipline the trait of practicing self discipline |
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