austereness

1 And over the libertines they had the advantage both of general austereness of life and of a certain readiness to suffer for their convictions.

2 The ancient cloisters on their lofty walls Had holy Truth in painted frescoes shown, And, seeing these, the pious in those halls Felt their cold, lone austereness less alone.

3 Two caddy-spoonfuls were then placed in the pot, which was duly filled, and Sister Philippa said with grave austereness: “My dears, will you take your places?”

4 Caesar was esteemed for his humanity and benevolence; austereness had given dignity to Cato.

5 Who will believe you, Isabel?" said Angelo: "my unsoiled name, the austereness of my life, my word vouched against yours, will outweigh your accusation.

6 Suddenly, a kindly smile broke through the austereness of the prelate's countenance, and he thrust out his hand; the old soldier met it.

7 My unsoil'd name, th' austereness of my life, My vouch against you, and my place i' the state, Will so your accusation overweigh That you shall stifle in your own report, And smell of calumny.

8 Who will believe you, Isabel?" said Angelo; "my unsoiled name, the austereness of my life, my word vouched against yours, will outweigh your accusation.

9 They choose austere furnishings for the office.

10 He was known for his austere style of writing.

11 They lived an austere life in the country.

12 For many of us with no firsthand familiarity with Greece, it's easy to forget that its celebrated ruins are a distortion and that we behold its ancient culture in its bare-bones lineaments. The austere white buildings of the Acropolis were once painted and parti-colored structures.

13 I cut off my long dark hair, put on the habit (and it was quite becoming, in an austere sort of way), wrapped a big rosary around my waist, threw the cloak over my shoulders and set out.

14 Certain kinds of landscapes—volatile ocean environments, sculpturally seductive alpine peaks, austere polar regions—became infused with what philosopher Edmund Burke called "a sort of delightful horror."

15 Aurora says such technologies will allow these aircraft to cruise at 400 to 450 knots (460 to 518 mph) at relevant altitudes, hover in austere environments, and land in tight spaces.

16 Your look for last week’s Met Ball featured a design that was gorgeously minimalistic, black and austere – so different from everyone else’s over-the-top displays.

17 He thought that the culture of forestallment includingaustereness, plain and cautiousness in life .

而早服的功夫中，老子认为节俭、朴素、谨慎的生活习惯是至为重要的。

18 A kind of men of practice discusses all days about benevolence , righteousness , loyalty , credit , modest, austereness and declination.

有一类修行人，他们整天讨论仁、义、忠、信、恭俭、推让等修身功夫。

1 朴素

simple soft quiet severe plain conservative modest primitive rustic sober frugal somber homely unadorned homespun Lenten up-country Quakerish quietly plainly conservatively chastely simplicity severity modesty quietness homeliness severeness in a small way

2 苦涩

sharp harsh

3 酸涩

verjuiced

4 朴实

down-to-earth uncolored unostentatious inornate unsophisticatedness simplicity severity discreetness simpleness artlessness unsophistication

5 严肃

heavy serious square severe grave stern sober Earnest solemn magisterial oracular funereal unmirthful gravely sternly gravity severity austerity rigidity sobriety solemnity strictness gravitas staidness graveness solemnness solemnize

6 严正

exactitude

7 严厉

fulminous hard blue firm smart tough exact severe sharp crucial strict harsh bitter rigid imperative stern grim exacting pungent grueling astringent dour inclement unsparing strictly sharply keenly cruelly starkly roundly sternly stringently dourly humorlessly scathingly unsparingly austerely hardness rigor astringency stringency starkness inclemency humorlessness severeness hard as iron