the quality of being very strict, severe, or limiting

The stringency of the safety regulations threatens to put many manufacturers out of business. 严格的安全规定可能会使许多制造商倒闭。

Drug use bears no simple relation to the stringency of drug laws. 吸毒与毒品法律的严格性之间并没有简单的因果关系。

a situation in which not enough money is available for borrowing as a result of firm controls on the amount of money in an economy

Greater financial stringency is needed to eradicate inflation from the economy. 为了消除经济中的通货膨胀，就需要更大力度地紧缩财政。

The report called for at least another year of economic stringency. 该报告呼吁至少再实施一个年度的经济紧缩。