austerity
noun
ɔːˈsterɪəti
noun
1
bad
economic
conditions
in
which
people
do
not
have
much
money
to
spend
穷困，艰苦
C usually plural 一般用复数, U
a
time
of
great
austerity
after
the
war
战后的极度困苦
the
austerities
of
present
Eastern
Europe
当今东欧的贫困
2
when
a
government
has
a
deliberate
policy
of
trying
to
reduce
the
amount
of
money
it
spends
〔经济的〕紧缩
U
austerity
programme/plan/package
a
tough
new
austerity
programme
严厉的新经济紧缩计划
IMF-backed
austerity
measures
(=reductions
in
government
spending)
国际货币基金组织支持的经济紧缩措施
3
the
quality
of
being
austere
苦行; 贫穷
U
a
life
of
austerity
苦行的一生