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中英文翻译

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.

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,

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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