austerity

austerity

美 [ɔˈsterəti] 　英 [ɔːˈsterəti]

• n.苦行；朴素；（经济的）紧缩；严格节制消费
• 网络节俭；严峻；简朴

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For most people, dispensing with a personal dresser and an official companion for a foreign trip does not count as the height of austerity.

对大部分人来说，在一次出国的行程中减少个私人服装师或者官方陪同难以提升到简朴的高度。

Or a government trying to impose austerity might be replaced by one that rejects it.

或是一个试图实施紧缩的政府可能会被一个拒绝紧缩的政府所取代。

There is no sign yet that investors are panicking over the size of the fiscal deficit or the lack of any medium-term austerity plan.

仍无迹象表明投资者已对财政赤字的规模或中期节俭计划的缺位而感到惶恐不安。

Mixing the austerity needed to fix Britain's finances with the sort of good cheer that helps to win elections is not easy.

要想解决英国的财政问题需要实行财政紧缩政策，要想赢得选举则需要讨好选民，把二者结合起来是不容易的。

Discipline, as we said, is learning, and learning about austerity does not bring about violence to oneself or to another.

纪律，正如我们所说，是学习，对苦行的了解，并不会带来对自己或者对别人的暴力。

But Portugal, facing years of austerity and low growth, may not be inclined to join in the general rejoicing.

但是，葡萄牙在经历了好几年的经济紧缩和低增长，可能不会倾向于加入一般的欢庆。

Judged by the claims of those who welcome the new fiscal austerity, as well as those who fear it, a gigantic fiscal blow is about to land.

无论是欢迎也好，恐惧也罢，普遍言论认为新财政紧缩带来的巨量财政打击即将着陆。

Europe is likely to go through a weak period as governments implement more austerity measures in the face of a weak economy.

欧洲可能会经历一段疲弱期，而欧洲政府面对衰弱的经济，将实施更多节约措施。

But Samaras said the new Democratic Party will not accept any form of fiscal austerity.

但萨马拉斯表示，新民主党不会接受任何形式的财政紧缩。

And I see no sign at all that European policy elites are ready to rethink their hard-money-and-austerity dogma.

而且，我根本看不到欧洲政策精英们愿意重新考虑他们的硬货币及紧缩教条的任何迹象。

But the price of any EU bail-out of Greece is likely to be savage austerity measures, overseen by officials sent in from Brussels.

但无论欧盟为希腊提供何种纾困，代价都可能是严酷的财政紧缩措施，在欧盟派来的官员监督下施行。

And after all that effort, the austerity plan failed to do the trick; Britain left the gold standard within months.

在付出一切努力之后，节俭计划终告失败；没用几个月的时间，英国就退出了金本位。

His resignation came with a caveat in which he stated he would move aside once austerity measures were installed.

他的辞职是一个警告，他说他会动议搁置紧缩措施一旦被安装。

Most leaders therefore find currency devaluation so unthinkable that, at first glance, austerity seems to be the only choice.

因此，在许多领导人看来，货币贬值简直不可想象，乍看上去，财政紧缩似乎成了唯一的选择。

Reneging on our commitments to the world's poor cannot be an austerity measure, " she said. "

放弃我们给世界上的穷国的承诺不能成为一种紧缩措施。

For the moment, President Nicolas Sarkozy has no such broader austerity plan. But he will need one soon.

目前法国总统尼古拉斯.萨科奇（NicolasSarkozy）尚未提出更全面的紧缩举措，但他不久之后就非得这么做了。

Spending cuts and other austerity measures "might be an effective tool to contain the crisis, " he said.

减少支出或其他经济紧缩政策可能是遏制危机的好方法。

After several years of austerity, people are realizing that a cruise vacation is now one of the great values in travel.

过了几年紧巴巴的日子之后，人们开始意识到一次邮轮旅行已经成为了旅游计划中很有价值的一部分。

Mr Abdullah said the measures would be financed by a government austerity campaign and by delaying plans for some infrastructure projects.

阿卜杜拉表示，将通过政府节俭运动以及推迟部分基础设施项目计划为上述措施筹措资金。

Antonis Samaras, leader of the opposition New Democracy party, said he would vote against the austerity programme in parliament.

反对党新民主党（NewDemocracy）领袖安东尼斯•萨马拉斯（AntonisSmaras）表示，他会在议会投票反对紧缩方案。

How often he had been pitied for the austerity of the work, the bareness of the rewards!

多少次人们因为他的刻板的工作和微薄的薪金而对他表示同情啊！

Public transport strikes in London and France this week told everyone what they already knew but many had yet to feel: austerity will hurt.

本周，伦敦和法国公交运输业举行罢工，这传递了人们已经知道的、但很多人尚未切身感受到的一个信息，那就是：勒紧裤腰带的滋味不好受。

Voters in countries currently implementing very tough austerity programmes have to see some light at the end of the tunnel.

我们还必须让目前正施行严厉紧缩计划国家的选民看到隧道尽头已露出几丝亮光。

Given taxes cannot be raised enough, America has no choice but to enter our own age of austerity, via long-term spending reductions.

既然没法实现幅度充分的增税，美国除了步入紧缩时代以外，别无办法，也就是说只能通过长期削减开支。

Since reform tends to require lubrication, opening up the public services at a time of austerity was always likely to be tough.

既然改革需要更多润滑，在经济紧缩时期开放公共服务可能会很艰难。

As Chicago attempts to provide services in an era of greater austerity, doing things as they have always been done is no longer an option.

芝加哥要在这个财政缩紧的年代试图提供服务，它们就不能用以往一直的方式办事。

It might be partly owing to the studied austerity of her dress, and partly to the lack of demonstration in her manners.

这可能部分由于她着装上故作严肃简朴，部分因为她举止上有意不动声色。

Her suggestions that Britain's austerity may be have gone too far was met with a cold shoulder in London.

另外，她还曾暗示英国实行的紧缩政策可能做得太过，而伦敦方面则对此不予理睬。

After the second austerity vote was passed in Greece, market fears about a possible default have been put to bed for now.

希腊通过第二轮财政紧缩计划之后，有关其违约的忧虑已暂时平息下来。

'In many corners' of the world austerity was instituted 'in too harsh a way' without letting growth take hold, she said last week.

拉嘉德上周说，在全球很多地区，人们过于严苛地执行紧缩措施，却没有让经济稳步增长。

A speech he gave in August on the danger to the economic recovery from the government's austerity plan was the most acclaimed of the race.

今年八月，爱德华做了篇关于威胁经济复苏于政府紧缩计划的演讲，这次演讲是竞选中最为称赞的部分。

First, NATO 3. 0 aims to turn the age of austerity to its advantage and become an important resource for defence procurement.

首先，“北约3.0”将会利用自身优势一改以往盟国军费开支拮据的局面，并成为国防采购的重要来源。

Voters' support for ongoing austerity depends on a disproportionate share of any new revenue coming from the wealthy.

投票者对正在实施的紧缩措施的支持取决于来自富裕国家的新税收的不均衡分配。

Austerity measures are unable to break the deadlock, and in fact can only accelerate a downward economic spiral.

紧缩的财政政策不能打破僵局，实际上只能使经济盘旋衰退。

Europe will be pursuing austerity, China is trying to rein in bank lending but America has opted for another fiscal stimulus.

欧洲仍将厉行紧缩政策，中国正在控制银行借贷，而美国选择的是再一次财政刺激。

In a period of austerity, suddenly the question of how society distributes its benefits and burdens becomes more salient.

但在紧缩时期，社会该如何分配利益和责任的问题，却突然变得显眼起来。

At a time of financial austerity, public health must show a thirst for efficiency and an intolerance of waste.

在财政紧缩时期，公共卫生必须彰显效率，杜绝浪费。

G20 officials said the US had been the most concerned about the new austerity drive and feared for the momentum for global growth.

G20官员表示，美国对于新的紧缩风潮最为关切，也为全球经济增长的势头感到忧虑。

In return for more outside help, Greece's government has agreed to more fiscal austerity and yet bolder reforms, including privatisation.

作为对国外帮助的回报，希腊政府同意进一步的财政的紧缩和更大胆的改革，包括私有化。

Even as the financial crisis set in a year later, he banned the term "austerity" , a word that was said to scare the faint-hearted French.

即使是当一年后金融危机来临时，他也是禁止使用“紧缩”这个词，据说它会吓坏了胆小的法国人。

But we do need to act convincingly to curb future deficits. Austerity can't be fun, but how painful it will be is still partially up to us.

但我们需要采取令人信服的行动来控制将来的赤字。