adj.朴素的，没有装饰的；adj.严肃的；adj.生活简朴的
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
austere (adjective)1.
a) and cold in appearance or manner - stern
b) - somber grave an austere critic
2.
morally strict - ascetic
3.
markedly simple or - unadorned an austere office an austere style of writing
4.
giving little or no for pleasure - scope austere diets
5.
of a wine having the flavor of acid or predominant over fruit flavors usually indicating a capacity for aging - tannin severe
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
austere (adjective)1.
given to exacting standards of discipline and self-restraint
SYNONYMS:
austere, authoritarian, flinty, hard, harsh, heavy-handed, ramrod, rigid, rigorous, stern, strict, toughRELATED WORDS:
demanding, exacting; uncharitable, unforgiving; adamant, adamantine, callous, hardened, hard-hearted, hard-line, immovable, implacable, inflexible, merciless, ossified, pitiless, relentless, rock-ribbed, stiff, unbending, uncompromising, unrelenting, unsparing, unyielding; dour, gruff; ascetic ( ascetical), monastic, monkish; browbeating, bullying; determined, firm, resolved, single-minded, steadfast, unflinching; dogged, intractable, obstinate, relentlessNEAR ANTONYMS:
easy, easygoing, laid-back, undemanding; charitable, kind, merciful, mild, patient, soft, softhearted; accepting, compromising, yielding; responsive, willing; acquiescent, agreeable, amenable, complaisant, compliant, flexible, pliable, pliant2.
harsh and threatening in manner or appearance
SYNONYMS:
austere, dour, fierce, flinty, forbidding, gruff, intimidating, lowering ( louring), rough, rugged, severe, stark, steely, stern, ungentleRELATED WORDS:
bleak, cold, hostile, inhospitable, inimical, unfriendly, unsympathetic; adamant, bound, determined, firm, intent, purposeful, resolute, resolved, steadfast, unflinching; fixed, hard, hardened, hardheaded, immovable, implacable, inflexible, ironhanded, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, rigid, self-willed, set, stiff, stubborn, unbending, uncompromising, unrelenting, unyielding, willful ( wilful); immutable, unchangeable; black, cheerless, dark, gloomy, glum, joyless, melancholic, moody, morose, sulky, sullen, surly; brooding, grave, humorless, melancholy, serious, sober, sobersided, solemn, somber ( sombre), staid, unsmiling, weightyNEAR ANTONYMS:
bland, meek, mellow, soft, soothing; easy, quiet, tranquil; agreeable, bright, cheerful, inviting, pleasant, pleasing, sweet; glad, happy, lighthearted, merry, mirthful, sunny; featherbrained, flighty, frivolous, giddy, goofy, harebrained, light-headed, playful, scatterbrained, silly3.
providing only the essentials and nothing fancy or luxurious
SYNONYMS:
austere, spartan, starkRELATED WORDS:
plain, simple, unadorned, undecorated, unelaborate, unfancyNEAR ANTONYMS:
adorned, decorated, elaborate, fancy