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aus·ter·ityBrE /ɒˈsterəti/, /ɔːˈsterəti/NAmE /ɔːˈsterəti/ noun (aus·ter·ities) [U] a situation when people do not have much money to spend because there are bad economic conditions (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。 [U] the quality of being austere 苦行;禁欲◆the austerity of the monks' life 僧侣的禁欲生活 [C, usually pl.] something that is part of an austere way of life 艰苦;朴素◆the austerities of wartime Europe 战时欧洲的艰苦生活 |