今天我們要學(xué)的詞是 austerity.

austerity 在新聞?dòng)谜Z中常指開支緊縮。 Thousands of Puerto Ricans marched at a May Day event to protest austerity measures and demand the ouster of a federal control board overseeing the U.S. territory's finances. 數(shù)千名波多黎各人參加了五一節(jié)游行，抗議財(cái)政緊縮措施，并要求一個(gè)監(jiān)督當(dāng)?shù)刎?cái)政狀況的聯(lián)邦控制委員會(huì)走人。

Greece's economic dynamics were shaken by a debt crisis that led to a deep recession and forced Athens in 2010 to implement strict austerity measures in exchange for a massive international bailout. 希臘的經(jīng)濟(jì)形勢(shì)由于債務(wù)危機(jī)受到?jīng)_擊，導(dǎo)致其經(jīng)濟(jì)嚴(yán)重衰退，并迫使雅典在2010年實(shí)施嚴(yán)格的緊縮措施，以換取大規(guī)模的國(guó)際救助。