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difficult economic conditions created by government policies aimed at cutting public spending （经济的）紧缩；严格节制消费 War was followed by many years of austerity. 紧随战争的是多年的经济紧缩。 austerity measures and economic reforms 紧缩措施和经济改革
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- post-war
- wartime
- economic
- …
- measures
- plan
- policies
- …
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the quality of being simple and plain in appearance 苦行；禁欲 the pleasing austerity of the design 令人愉悦的简洁设计
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the quality of being strict and serious in appearance or manner 苦行；禁欲 He was noted for his austerity and authoritarianism. 他以简朴和独裁著称。
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the fact of allowing no pleasures and little to make life comfortable 苦行；禁欲 the austerity of the monks’ life 僧侣的禁欲生活
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something that is part of a way of life that allows no pleasures and little to make life comfortable 艰苦；朴素 the austerities of wartime Europe 战时欧洲的艰苦生活
Word Originlate Middle English: from French austérité, from Latin austeritas, from austerus, from Greek austēros ‘severe’.