Austere

(adj.) of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect; 'an austere expression'; 'a stern face' .

(adj.) severely simple; 'a stark interior' .

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• As the gleam of the street-lamps flashed upon his austere features, I saw that his brows were drawn down in thought and his thin lips compressed. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• He was an austere man, and I was afraid of him. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• He was a large, austere man, and I judge difficult of approach to his subordinates. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• That morning I was disposed for silence: the austere fury of the winter-day had on me an awing, hushing influence. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• With a sudden darkening of the eye and austere fixing of the features she demanded, Have you been asked to interfere? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• A dark little man he certainly was; pungent and austere. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• The austere system of morality has, accordingly, been adopted by those sects almost constantly, or with very few exceptions; for there have been some. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Matthewson Helstone I knew, if an austere, was an upright man. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• On the contrary, his austere face was even more severe than usual as he commented upon the things that I had done and the things that I had not. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Their austere disregard of this life found some support in a noble teaching of the Stoic ph ilosophy that death itself is no evil to the just man. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• I wondered if she would justify her renown: with strange curiosity, with feelings severe and austere, yet of riveted interest, I waited. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Joseph Emanuel had arrived, as well as his austere brother, and at this very moment was relieving Ginevra at the piano. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• The gloomy taint that was in the Murdstone blood, darkened the Murdstone religion, which was austere and wrathful. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• An austere patriot's passion for his fatherland! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• In the austere system, on the contrary, those excesses are regarded with the utmost abhorrence and detestation. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Then the strong, soothing hand of the austere maid drew her head down on to the cushion, and the wild anger died away into passionate sobbing. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• As she patted the dog's head, bending with native grace before his young and austere master, I saw a glow rise to that master's face. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Why am I austere and shy? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• As Shirley had said, a certain hardness characterized his air, while his eye was excited, but austere. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Even the scenery is austere. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The one, austere, high-nosed, eagle-eyed, and dominant, was none other than the illustrious Lord Bellinger, twice Premier of Britain. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.

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