中文翻译与英英解释 | adj.
1.严格的，严厉的。
2.严肃的；自我克制的；苦行的。
3.朴素的；质朴的。
4.苦涩的。
adv.
-ly ,-ness n.
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| 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"
同义词：ascetic, ascetical, spartan,
| | of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect; "an austere expression"; "a stern face"
同义词：stern,
| | severely simple; "a stark interior"
同义词：severe, stark, stern,
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例句与用法 | 1. | When he spoke his manner seemed less austere than usual .
他发言时的神情似乎不象平时那样刻板。
| | 2. | He has an austere manner .
他态度严肃。
| | 3. | It was true, my room has cast its austere winter garments .
的确，我的房间已经换掉了它朴素的冬装。
| | 4. | The motive behind such words is austere rather than snobbish .
使用这些字样的动机是庄严肃穆而非趋炎附势。
| | 5. | He was a straight austere little four-star admiral .
他是一个个子矮小，身材挺直、严肃稳重的四星海军上将。
| | 6. | He was a little thinner, a little whiter, a little more austere .
他稍微瘦了些、脸色白了些，也更严肃了些。
| | 7. | He never seemed to live in a place, the tent was so austere .
他总象连个住处都可以不要似的，帐篷里的陈设简陋极了。
| | 8. | "it had to be somebody," she said to the erect, austere missionary .
“总要有人来做，”她对坐得笔挺的严肃的传教士说。
| | 9. | All the offices are rather austere and small, even the president's .
所有的办公室，甚至包括总统办公室在内，都是相当简朴而窄小的。
| | 10. | By comparison the navy was a queer little planet whirling in an austere void .
相比之下，海军像一颗在严峻的太空中旋转的怪诞的小行星。
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