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aus·ter·ityBrE /ɒˈsterəti/ , /ɔːˈsterəti/ NAmE /ɔːˈsterəti/ noun (plural 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 austereway of life 艰苦；朴素◆ the austerities of wartime Europe 战时欧洲的艰苦生活 |