Austerity

(noun.) the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures).

整理:泰勒

• He spoke calmly, however, without austerity, without reproach, and she revived a little. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• I call her Esther Summerson, says Mrs. Chadband with austerity. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• He examined my face, I thought, with austerity, as I came near: the traces of tears were doubtless very visible upon it. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• On account of your austerity and shyness. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• His countenance rather gained in austerity; and he scarcely opened his lips. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• Firmness his countenance still indicated, but not austerity. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• She received her with reserve, bade her be seated with austerity, and when she got her placed opposite, she fixed her with her eye. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• She was a lively young woman, sir, before marriage, and their gloom and austerity destroyed her. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• With a Roman austerity, I show my empty purse and Percival's to the shrinking public gaze. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• He then took himself to a neighbouring hospice and gave himself up to scourgings and austerities. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The shadow of the times fell upon him, and, like Buddha, he took to the religious life and at first set no limit to his austerities. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

编辑:凯利