austerity
[ɒ'sterәti]
n. 朴素, 苦, 严, 严峻

1. Wartime austerities included food rationing and shortage of fuel.
   战苦括食配燃短缺.
2. The principles and practices of an ascetic; extreme self-denial and austerity.
   苦活苦者践；端自制简朴
3. It can take stringent austerity measures.
   制严缩措施。

austerity
[ noun ]
the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures)
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Austerity \Aus*ter"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Austerities}. [F.
aust['e]rit['e], L. austerias, fr. austerus. See {Austere}.]
1. Sourness and harshness to the taste. [Obs.] --Horsley.

2. Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness;
harsh discipline.

The austerity of John the Baptist. --Milton.

3. Plainness; freedom from adornment; severe simplicity.

Partly owing to the studied austerity of her dress,
and partly to the lack of demonstration in her
manners. --Hawthorne.