Sternness
['stə:nis]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) uncompromising resolution.
(noun.) the quality (as of scenery) being grim and gloomy and forbidding; 'the sternness of his surroundings made him uncomfortable'.
佛瑞德整理--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The quality or state of being stern.
艾哈迈德校對
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Severity, austerity, rigidity.[2]. Harshness, asperity, rigor, inflexibility, cruelty.
手打:西格蒙德
例句/造句/用法:
- I allow no such practices with gentlemen on my place, said Mr. Shelby, with as much sternness as he could command, under the circumstances. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- I like this day; I like that sky of steel; I like the sternness and stillness of the world under this frost. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Her manner was incurably gentle; and she was not aware how much it concealed the sternness of her purpose. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- But this will never do, said Madame, with sternness. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- I groaned under her bitter sternness. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Hold that noise, said Mr. Trabb, with the greatest sternness, or I'll knock your head off! 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- He looked on his pupil with sternness. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
整理:丽纳