Austerity
[ɒ'sterɪtɪ;ɔː-] or [ɔ'stɛrəti]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures).
整理:泰勒--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) Sourness and harshness to the taste.
(n.) Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline.
(n.) Plainness; freedom from adornment; severe simplicity.
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同義詞及近義詞：
n. Severity, rigor, sternness, harshness, asceticism.
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例句/造句/用法:
- He spoke calmly, however, without austerity, without reproach, and she revived a little. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- I call her Esther Summerson, says Mrs. Chadband with austerity. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- He examined my face, I thought, with austerity, as I came near: the traces of tears were doubtless very visible upon it. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- On account of your austerity and shyness. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- His countenance rather gained in austerity; and he scarcely opened his lips. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- Firmness his countenance still indicated, but not austerity. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- She received her with reserve, bade her be seated with austerity, and when she got her placed opposite, she fixed her with her eye. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- She was a lively young woman, sir, before marriage, and their gloom and austerity destroyed her. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- With a Roman austerity, I show my empty purse and Percival's to the shrinking public gaze. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- He then took himself to a neighbouring hospice and gave himself up to scourgings and austerities. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The shadow of the times fell upon him, and, like Buddha, he took to the religious life and at first set no limit to his austerities. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
編輯:凯利