n.嚴厲；樸素；苦澀；嚴肅

Mr Auster is a fine writer, but this is not his best work. 奧斯特爾是個出色的作家，但這本書不是他最好的作品。

So there are two forms of evasion really going on," Auster says. 這里實際進行著兩種逃避的形式。”奧斯特說道。

He thought that the culture of forestallment including austereness, plain and cautiousness in life. 而早服的功夫中，老子認為節(jié)儉、樸素、謹慎的生活習慣是至為重要的。

It's the only autobiographical passage in the book, says Auster - unlike Brill he's not an insomniac, but like everyone has had sleepless nights. 奧斯特說，這是書里僅有的自傳性的一段。不像布里爾，他不是個失眠癥患者，但和每個人一樣，他也有睡不著的夜晚。

There is a cold and auster moonlight that tells the soul of its loneliness and desperate isolation, its insignificance or its uncleanness. 時有冷峻的月光訴說著靈魂的孤苦伶仃，微不足道，或是骯臟齷齪。