n.严厉；朴素；苦涩；严肃
Mr Auster is a fine writer, but this is not his best work. 奥斯特尔是个出色的作家，但这本书不是他最好的作品。
So there are two forms of evasion really going on," Auster says. 这里实际进行着两种逃避的形式。”奥斯特说道。
He thought that the culture of forestallment including austereness, plain and cautiousness in life. 而早服的功夫中，老子认为节俭、朴素、谨慎的生活习惯是至为重要的。
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. 奥斯特说，这是书里仅有的自传性的一段。不像布里尔，他不是个失眠症患者，但和每个人一样，他也有睡不着的夜晚。
There is a cold and auster moonlight that tells the soul of its loneliness and desperate isolation, its insignificance or its uncleanness. 时有冷峻的月光诉说着灵魂的孤苦伶仃，微不足道，或是肮脏龌龊。
