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"