austerity

/aw-ster-i-tee/US // ɔˈstɛr ɪ ti //UK // (ɒˈstɛrɪtɪ) //

紧缩政策,紧缩,紧缩性,紧缩开支

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
plural aus·ter·i·ties.
- : austere quality; severity of manner, life, etc.; sternness.
- : Usually aus·ter·i·ties. ascetic practices: austerities of monastery life.
- : harsh economic policies, as increased taxes or decreased funding for social services, usually adopted in response to government debt or deficits: Economic growth slowed under austerity.The legislature tried to reduce the budget deficit with austerity measures that raised the retirement age and cut pension benefits.

nounseverity

Synonyms

Amid the economic crisis, with memories of austerity measures from past years still fresh, the nation voted to slash public spending on governance by chopping the size of its legislatures by a third.
This is a non-starter in the post-pandemic age of austerity.
Economic stability was promptly replaced by recession and austerity in financial capitals and small towns around the world.
Though DeJoy put some austerity measures on hold — since backstopped by four court orders — and called the timely delivery of election mail his “sacred” duty, suspicions persist.
Education leaders immediately compared it to the devastating austerity of the Great Recession.
Now cities are largely on their own, as austerity and gridlock grip Washington.
Our debates about federal budgets still revolve around degrees of imposed austerity.
Last weekend, demonstrators took to the streets of Italy's capital to protest against government-imposed austerity measures.
A big theme for the last several months has been the end of fiscal austerity.
Walmart is about to teach everybody a lesson in how austerity can affect the consumer economy—and quick.
It now became evident to him that both he and the Brethren had hitherto manifested insufficient austerity in life and doctrine.

/aw-ster-i-tee/US // ɔˈstɛr ɪ ti //UK // (ɒˈstɛrɪtɪ) //

紧缩政策,紧缩,紧缩性,紧缩开支

n.名词 noun

1
plural aus·ter·i·ties.
- : austere quality; severity of manner, life, etc.; sternness.
- : Usually aus·ter·i·ties. ascetic practices: austerities of monastery life.
- : harsh economic policies, as increased taxes or decreased funding for social services, usually adopted in response to government debt or deficits: Economic growth slowed under austerity.The legislature tried to reduce the budget deficit with austerity measures that raised the retirement age and cut pension benefits.

nounseverity

Synonyms

Amid the economic crisis, with memories of austerity measures from past years still fresh, the nation voted to slash public spending on governance by chopping the size of its legislatures by a third.
This is a non-starter in the post-pandemic age of austerity.
Economic stability was promptly replaced by recession and austerity in financial capitals and small towns around the world.
Though DeJoy put some austerity measures on hold — since backstopped by four court orders — and called the timely delivery of election mail his “sacred” duty, suspicions persist.
Education leaders immediately compared it to the devastating austerity of the Great Recession.
Now cities are largely on their own, as austerity and gridlock grip Washington.
Our debates about federal budgets still revolve around degrees of imposed austerity.
Last weekend, demonstrators took to the streets of Italy's capital to protest against government-imposed austerity measures.
A big theme for the last several months has been the end of fiscal austerity.
Walmart is about to teach everybody a lesson in how austerity can affect the consumer economy—and quick.
It now became evident to him that both he and the Brethren had hitherto manifested insufficient austerity in life and doctrine.