austerity, n 节俭(严格节约,经济紧缩);简朴;艰苦 【例】wartime austerity 战时节俭 【记】au读:诶哟,sterity=sterility(n 不毛之地)-需要节俭 【反】ostentation(n 卖弄,摆阔)

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Do you ever have an idea for that million-dollar app? Something so simple its crazy that it doesnt exist and one so obviously good that its guaranteed to be the next Uber. Of course you sometimes think that way, everyone does. The problem is that ver

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A major study by the World Health Organization shows that most people with high cholesterol levels around the world are not getting the treatment they need, to avoid such serious diseases as heart attacks and strokes. And the authors of the study - t

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BRUSSELS, March 28 (Xinhua) -- Belgian tennis star Kim Clijsters will be sidelined for at least four weeks after tearing a hip muscle, her agent said in a statement on Wednesday. Kim has got an excess of fluid in her right hip joint, which turned out

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