Seriousness
['sɪərɪəsnəs] or ['sɪrɪəsnəs]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the trait of being serious; 'a lack of solemnity is not necessarily a lack of seriousness'- Robert Rice.
(noun.) the quality of arousing fear or distress; 'he learned the seriousness of his illness'.
校對:卡特里娜--From WordNet
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Gravity, solemnity, demureness, sedateness.
整理:泰勒
例句/造句/用法:
- He looked a little grave about what had taken place in Royd Lane, and she tried to smile him out of his seriousness. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Neither in joke nor in seriousness. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- Perdita was struck by the impassioned seriousness of his asseverations. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Camarada to me is what all should be called with seriousness in this war. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- In all seriousness he devoted himself to the work of peace. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Sit thee down and forget thy seriousness. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- In seriousness. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- The blood had risen strongly under Selden's dark skin, but his emotion showed itself only in an added seriousness of manner. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- Yes, Esther, said he with a gentle seriousness, it is to be forgotten now, to be forgotten for a while. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- This man Blanquet was a man of extreme seriousness and furthermore very devout. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- It was the recollection of them that had turned her infant gaiety to seriousness, and had impressed her with high and restless thoughts. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- He took everything with great seriousness. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- There was a seriousness in Harriet's manner which prepared her, quite as much as her words, for something more than ordinary. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- He could dispel the seriousness of Perdita, and take the sting from the torturing activity of my nature. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- But now we must climb a little in seriousness to get there. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
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