Severe
[sɪ'vɪə] or [sɪ'vɪr]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) very bad in degree or extent; 'a severe worldwide depression'; 'the house suffered severe damage' .
(adj.) unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment; 'a parent severe to the pitch of hostility'- H.G.Wells; 'a hefty six-footer with a rather severe mien'; 'a strict disciplinarian'; 'a Spartan upbringing' .
(adj.) intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality; 'severe pain'; 'a severe case of flu'; 'a terrible cough'; 'under wicked fire from the enemy's guns'; 'a wicked cough' .
編輯:威拉--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(superl.) Serious in feeeling or manner; sedate; grave; austere; not light, lively, or cheerful.
(superl.) Very strict in judgment, discipline, or government; harsh; not mild or indulgent; rigorous; as, severe criticism; severe punishment.
(superl.) Rigidly methodical, or adherent to rule or principle; exactly conformed to a standard; not allowing or employing unneccessary ornament, amplification, etc.; strict; -- said of style, argument, etc.
(superl.) Sharp; afflictive; distressing; violent; extreme; as, severe pain, anguish, fortune; severe cold.
(superl.) Difficult to be endured; exact; critical; rigorous; as, a severe test.
弗洛西錄入
同義詞及近義詞：
a. [1]. Rigid, stern, harsh, bitter, austere, rigorous, stiff, strait-laced, hard, unrelenting, relentless, inexorable, peremptory.[2]. Strict, exact, accurate, methodical.[3]. Simple, plain, unadorned, concise, chaste.[4]. Caustic, satirical, sarcastic, keen, cutting, stinging, biting, sharp.[5]. Distressing, afflictive, acute, violent, extreme, intense, hard to bear.
手打:珀西瓦尔
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Serious, austere, stern, grave, strict, harsh, rigid, rigorous, sharp,afflictive, distressing, violent, extreme, exact, critical, censorious,caustic, sarcastic, cutting, keen, bitter, cruel
ANT:Gay, smiling, cheerful, relaxed, jocose, jocund, joyous, mild, genial,indulgent, light, trivial, tri-fling, inconsiderable, inexact, loose,uncritical, lenient, inextreme, moderate, kind, considerate, feeling, tender,gentle
杜安整理
解釋/意思:
adj. serious: grave: austere: strict: not mild: strictly adhering to rule: free from florid ornamentation simple: sharp: distressing: inclement: searching: difficult to be endured.—adv. Sēvēre′ly.—ns. Sēvēre′ness; Sēver′ity quality of being severe: gravity: harshness: exactness: inclemency.
編輯:莉齐
例句/造句/用法:
- My application was of longer endurance; but it was not so severe whilst it endured. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- You should do so, Sir,' said Pott, with a severe countenance. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Crittenden had a severe engagement with some of Hill's corps on his crossing the river, and lost heavily. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- After several severe skirmishes, in which the enemy was defeated, General Steele reached Camden, which he occupied about the middle of April. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- To be brief, their kind attention and my own excellent constitution triumphed over the fever, which had been very severe during five days. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- The terms were severe, but they left it possible for her to hope for an honourable future. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Intellectual responsibility means severe standards in this regard. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Under date of February 12, he writes: This day has been memorable in the annals of Valdivia for the most severe earthquake experienced by the oldes t inhabitant. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- This process of puddling lasted for about an hour and a half and entailed extremely severe labour on the workman. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- Our losses in the Wilderness were very severe. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Shiloh was the severest battle fought at the West during the war, and but few in the East equalled it for hard, determined fighting. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Even the common people, the severest critics of the conduct of their betters, had commiseration with the follies of Prior Aymer. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- I was not allowed to call him uncle, under the severest penalties. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- The war is, perhaps, severest between the males of polygamous animals, and these seem oftenest provided with special weapons. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- But her uncle's anger gave her the severest pain of all. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- For, though your accusations were ill-founded, formed on mistaken premises, my behaviour to you at the time had merited the severest reproof. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- Hitherto I have known few pleasures save of the severer kind: my satisfactions have been those of the solitary student. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- One morning, after a severer strain than usual, he awoke with a strange sensation in his eyes. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- It is true, that such slight compositions might not suit the severer genius of our friend Mr Oldbuck. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- But we can also imagine the existence of an age in which a severer conception of truth has either banished or transformed them. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- To stare Becky out of countenance required a severer glance than even the frigid old Bareacres could shoot out of her dismal eyes. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
編輯:罗达