austerity

美 [ɔːˈsterəti]英 [ɒˈsterəti]
  • n.(经济的)紧缩;朴素;苦行;艰苦;禁欲;严格节制消费

复数: austerities

austerityausterity

noun

【不规则形式】pl. -ies
1

(经济的)紧缩;严格节制消费
a situation when people do not have much money to spend because there are bad economic conditions

War was followed by many years of austerity.

紧随战争的是多年的经济紧缩。

2

苦行;禁欲
the quality of being austere

the austerity of the monks' life

僧侣的禁欲生活

3

艰苦;朴素
something that is part of an austere way of life

the austerities of wartime Europe

战时欧洲的艰苦生活

austerity

频次

  • 1
    N-UNCOUNT 节衣缩食;艰苦朴素
    Austerity is a situation in which people's living standards are reduced because of economic difficulties.

    ...an economic austerity programme.

    经济紧缩方案

  • 2
    N-UNCOUNT (物品的)简朴,无华
    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.

    许多废弃建筑,其中一些布局紧凑、古朴典雅

noun

1
the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures)
Synonym: asceticism nonindulgence

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  1. War was followed by many years of austerity .

    紧随战争的是多年的经济紧缩。

  2. The austerity measures will have little immediate adverse effect on the average Moroccan .

    财政紧缩政策不会对普通的摩洛哥人产生直接的负面影响。

  3. The advent of war led to a greater austerity .

    战争的到来使形势更为严峻。

  4. It was an era of austerity .

    那是个艰苦的年代。

  5. The strike is the latest in a series by public employees in protest at worsening economic conditions and government austerity measures .

    这是公务员发起的一系列罢工中的最新一次,以抗议日趋恶化的经济状况和政府的紧缩措施。

  6. Tens of thousands of people took to the streets , protesting against the austerity policy .

    成千上万的人走上街头,抗议经济紧缩政策。

  7. It can take stringent austerity measures .

    它可以制定严格的紧缩措施。

  8. Wartime austerities included food rationing and shortage of fuel .

    战时的艰苦包括食物配给和燃料短缺。

  9. A Russian word meaning a group of three , used by Greek journalists and then others to describe the EU , ECB , and IMF - the trinity of institutions responsible for monitoring Greece 's austerity measures .

    Troika三巨头这是一个俄语词,指三人小组或者三国集团,希腊记者将欧盟、欧洲央行和国际货币基金组织合称为Troika,因为这三个组织共同负责监督希腊的紧缩政策。

  10. NIMBY is also used more generally to describe people who advocate some proposal ( for example , austerity measures including budget cuts , tax increases , downsizing ) , but oppose implementing it in a way that would require sacrifice on their part .

    NIMBY也用来指那些发出某项倡议(例如削减预算、增税或减员),但如果该倡议危及自身利益又会反对其实施的人们。

  11. This year , the world has entered a new era of financial austerity .

    今年,世界进入一个新的财政紧缩时期。

  12. Ex : War was followed by many years of austerity .

    战争结束后还要过多年的苦日子。

  13. The austerity of the Government 's economic measures

    政府经济措施方面的紧缩

  14. Yet government austerity means there is little money available for bail-outs .

    然而,政府的紧缩政策意味着国家几乎没钱为他们提供纾困资金。

  15. Another minister says an austerity plan would risk " killing off growth " .

    另一部长表示节俭计划有“破坏经济增长”的风险。

  16. By contrast , austerity will increase confidence and encourage recovery .

    相反,紧缩将增强人们的信心,促进经济复苏。

  17. But attributing it simply to austerity would also be wrong .

    然而将复苏原因仅仅归功于紧缩政策也不正确。

  18. What does arms procurement in the age of austerity look like ?

    在这个经济紧缩时代的武器采购会是什么样子的?

  19. Austerity has led peripheral governments to cut back spending on public works .

    紧缩已迫使外围国家政府削减公共事务方面的支出。

  20. The answer to austerity is not big government .

    紧缩的答案不是大政府。

  21. Austerity is also causing widespread resentment among the population .

    紧缩也在激起广泛的民怨。

  22. Emergency austerity programmes in some countries will put a drag on growth .

    部分国家实施的紧急财政紧缩计划将拖累经济增长。

  23. At present frequency of industrial wound accident distinct increasing , safety position is austerity .

    目前我国工伤事故发生频率明显增加,安全形势严峻。

  24. But other Greeks , including this man , see the need for austerity .

    但其他希腊人,包括这名男子在内,则看到了紧缩措施的必要性。

  25. The governments of vulnerable countries will continue their austerity drives .

    那些较为脆弱的国家政府将继续施行紧缩举措。

  26. Martin became accustomed to a life of great austerity .

    马丁习惯了质朴的生活。

  27. He rejected the austerity program advocated by the International Monetary Fund .

    他拒绝了国际货币基金组织提出的紧缩开支方案。

  28. Their resistance could bring the new " age of austerity " to a grinding halt .

    他们对政策的抵制,可能会令新的“紧缩时代”戛然而止。

  29. A peculiar austerity marked his judgments of modern life .

    他对现代生活的批评带着一种特殊的苛刻。

  30. Now is not the time to emulate sharp EU austerity .

    现在不是仿效欧盟那种严厉紧缩的时候。