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austere

英 [ɒ'stɪə; ɔː-] 美[ɔ'stɪr]
  • adj. 严峻的;简朴的;苦行的;无装饰的

英英释意


1. severely simple;
"a stark interior"
2. of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect;
"an austere expression"
"a stern face"
3. practicing great self-denial;
"Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it"- William James
"a desert nomad's austere life"
"a spartan diet"
"a spartan existence"