Austere
[ɒ'stɪə;ɔː-] or [ɔ'stɪr]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect; 'an austere expression'; 'a stern face' .
(adj.) severely simple; 'a stark interior' .
手打:波莱特--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(-) Sour and astringent; rough to the state; having acerbity; as, an austere crab apple; austere wine.
(-) Severe in modes of judging, or living, or acting; rigid; rigorous; stern; as, an austere man, look, life.
(-) Unadorned; unembellished; severely simple.
整理:纳特
同義詞及近義詞：
a. [1]. Rough (to the taste), sour and astringent.[2]. Severe, rigid, strict, formal, stiff, rigorous, harsh, stern, difficult, hard, uncompromising, unrelenting, relentless, ascetic, straight-laced.
編輯:威尔玛
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Hard, rigid, stern, severe, morose, unrelenting, unyielding, strict, rigorous,harsh, sour, relentless
ANT:Mild, affable, kindly, tender, feeling, bland, {[inaalgent]?}, genial
迪莉娅編輯
解釋/意思:
adj. harsh: severe: stern: grave: sober: severe in self-discipline strictly moral or abstinent: severely simple without luxury.—adv. Austere′ly.—ns. Austere′ness Auster′ity quality of being austere: severity of manners or life: harshness: asceticism: severe simplicity of style dress or habits.
整理:马文
例句/造句/用法:
- As the gleam of the street-lamps flashed upon his austere features, I saw that his brows were drawn down in thought and his thin lips compressed. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- He was an austere man, and I was afraid of him. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- He was a large, austere man, and I judge difficult of approach to his subordinates. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- That morning I was disposed for silence: the austere fury of the winter-day had on me an awing, hushing influence. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- With a sudden darkening of the eye and austere fixing of the features she demanded, Have you been asked to interfere? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- A dark little man he certainly was; pungent and austere. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- The austere system of morality has, accordingly, been adopted by those sects almost constantly, or with very few exceptions; for there have been some. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Matthewson Helstone I knew, if an austere, was an upright man. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- On the contrary, his austere face was even more severe than usual as he commented upon the things that I had done and the things that I had not. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- Their austere disregard of this life found some support in a noble teaching of the Stoic ph ilosophy that death itself is no evil to the just man. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- I wondered if she would justify her renown: with strange curiosity, with feelings severe and austere, yet of riveted interest, I waited. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Joseph Emanuel had arrived, as well as his austere brother, and at this very moment was relieving Ginevra at the piano. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- The gloomy taint that was in the Murdstone blood, darkened the Murdstone religion, which was austere and wrathful. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- An austere patriot's passion for his fatherland! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- In the austere system, on the contrary, those excesses are regarded with the utmost abhorrence and detestation. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Then the strong, soothing hand of the austere maid drew her head down on to the cushion, and the wild anger died away into passionate sobbing. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- As she patted the dog's head, bending with native grace before his young and austere master, I saw a glow rise to that master's face. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Why am I austere and shy? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- As Shirley had said, a certain hardness characterized his air, while his eye was excited, but austere. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Even the scenery is austere. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- The one, austere, high-nosed, eagle-eyed, and dominant, was none other than the illustrious Lord Bellinger, twice Premier of Britain. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
整理:马文