austerity

名词苦行; 严厉; 简朴，朴素; 节衣缩食

名词

1. 紧缩：整个studio的工作都是建立在这样一个假设上,即: 每次经济危机后,受到打击的经济体进入萧条状态,自发地或者被迫地采用了经济紧缩(austerity)的政策以求熬过这个经济低谷.

2. 严格,简朴：8. harry 掠夺,折磨 | 9. austerity 严格,简朴 | 10. convergence 聚合,集合点

3. 严峻：auspice#前兆 | austerity#严峻 | autopsy#验尸

4. 严正：austerity budget 短缺預算 | austerity 嚴正 | Australopithecine 南方古猿

1. austerity

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

    e.g. ...an economic austerity programme.
           经济紧缩方案
    e.g. ...the years of austerity which followed the war.
           战后的艰苦岁月

2. （物品的）简朴，无华
    If you refer to something as showing austerity, you like its plain and simple appearance.

    e.g. ...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

1. Ozawa has been critical of the Kan administration for suggesting a consumption tax hike and fiscal austerity to reduce a public deficit.

2. The opposition New Democracy party has demanded a corporate tax cut in return for its support for the latest austerity drive.

3. They have consistently underestimated their austerity programs'adverse effects and overestimated the benefits of their institutional adjustments.

4. This suggests defense should somehow be exempt from budget cuts in the current fiscal austerity climate.

5. Greece is ditching its affair with the euro and Europe cannot decide between austerity or growth on the back of a stimulus steroid injection.

6. It appears now that even French President Nicolas Sarkozy is on board and plans to implement draconian austerity measures.

7. Instead, it has resurfaced to drag governments and economies down the sinkhole of austerity.

8. austerity的解释

8. Greek labor unions were planning a general strike and a mass protest Wednesday against the country's economic austerity measures.

9. Ah, austerity years fun - you took it where you could.

10. Portugal's financial situation worsened after the Parliament rejected proposed austerity measures last month, forcing former Prime Minister Jose Socrates to resign.

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