austerity

noun

/ɒˈsterəti/, /ɔːˈsterəti/

/ɔːˈsterəti/

(plural austerities)

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[uncountable] difficult economic conditions created by government policies aimed at cutting public spending
- War was followed by many years of austerity.
- austerity measures and economic reforms
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- post-war
- wartime
- economic
- …
austerity + noun
- measures
- plan
- policies
- …
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[uncountable] the quality of being simple and plain in appearance
- the pleasing austerity of the design
[uncountable] the quality of being strict and serious in appearance or manner
- He was noted for his austerity and authoritarianism.
[uncountable] the fact of allowing no pleasures and little to make life comfortable
- the austerity of the monks’ life
[countable, usually plural] something that is part of a way of life that allows no pleasures and little to make life comfortable
- the austerities of wartime Europe

Word Originlate Middle English: from French austérité, from Latin austeritas, from austerus, from Greek austēros ‘severe’.

单词	austerity
释义	austerity noun /ɒˈsterəti/, /ɔːˈsterəti/ /ɔːˈsterəti/ (plural austerities) jump to other results [uncountable] difficult economic conditions created by government policies aimed at cutting public spending War was followed by many years of austerity. austerity measures and economic reforms Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective post-war wartime economic … austerity + noun measures plan policies … See full entry [uncountable] the quality of being simple and plain in appearance the pleasing austerity of the design [uncountable] the quality of being strict and serious in appearance or manner He was noted for his austerity and authoritarianism. [uncountable] the fact of allowing no pleasures and little to make life comfortable the austerity of the monks’ life [countable, usually plural] something that is part of a way of life that allows no pleasures and little to make life comfortable the austerities of wartime Europe Word Originlate Middle English: from French austérité, from Latin austeritas, from austerus, from Greek austēros ‘severe’.
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