# Day 897 学习笔记

Day 897 

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※ 原句 ※

Make yourself all honey and the flies will devour you.

浑身涂满蜜，苍蝇都来叮。

auspicious adj.

(formal)showing signs that sth is likely to be successful in the future

吉利的；吉祥的

syn. promising

an auspicious start to the new school year

新学年的开门红

syn. inauspicious

auspiciously adv.

Aussie / Ozzie n.

(informal) a person from Australia

澳大利亚人

Aussie adj.

austere adj.

①simple and plain; without any decorations

朴素的；简陋的；无华饰的

her austere bedroom with its simple narrow bed

她那仅有一张窄床的简陋卧室

②(of a person) strict and serious in appearance and behaviour

严肃的；严厉的

My father was a distant, austere man.

我父亲是个难以接近的严肃的人。

③allowing nothing that gives pleasure; not comfortable

苦行的；禁欲的

the monks’austere way of life

僧侣的苦行生活方式

austerely adv.

austerity n. (pl. -ies)

①a situation when people do not have much money to spend because there are bad economic conditions 

（经济的）紧缩；严格节制消费

War was followed by many years of austerity.

紧随战争的是多年的经济紧缩。

②the quality of being austere

苦行；禁欲

the austerity of the monks’life

僧侣的禁欲生活

③something that is part of an austere way of life

艰苦；朴素

the austerities of wartime Europe

战时欧洲的艰苦生活