sternness

英

美

网络  严厉

BNC.39338 / COCA.36086

英英释义

noun

• uncompromising resolution
  Synonym:strictness
• the quality (as of scenery) being grim and gloomy and forbidding
  1. the sternness of his surroundings made him uncomfortable

双语例句

• They are awed into silence by the sternness of her voice.
  他们对于飓风那难以形容的威力还是心有余悸。
• Chin demanded, with mock sternness.
  琴故意庄重地问。
• We should show both grace and sternness to them, keeping the two balanced.
  我们要对他们同时表现恩典和严厉，两方面要维持平衡。
• Your eyes show sternness, but more kindness and care.
  您的眼神看起来很严厉，但包含更多的是仁慈和关心。
• He noticed an uncharacteristic sternness in her voice as she told her children not to stay out late at night.
  在她告诚孩子们晚上不要在外面呆到很晚时，他注意到她声音中有种不可言状的严厉。
• Carp saw, and for an instant the sternness of the instructor left his face.
  卡普见了，一瞬间严厉的指导者神情离开了他的脸庞。
• Replied the old man, with gloomy sternness& "it is not granted me to pardon. I have no such power as thou tellest me of."
  那老人阴沉而严厉地回答说。“上天没有赐给我宽恕的品德，我也没有你所说的那种权力。”
• On the basis of introducing the status of the quality of water resources, the author described briefly the importance of water quality and the sternness of the water environment in China.
  在介绍了我国水资源水质现状的基础上，指出了水质问题的重要性和我国水体环境质量的严峻性。
• Meanwhile, father's emotional warmth and mother's punishment and sternness can forecast the negative coping styles of impoverished college students.
  同时，父亲的情感温暖理解、母亲的惩罚严厉可预测贫困大学生的消极应对方式。
• I watched my master's face pass from amiability to sternness.
  我瞧着老师的脸上从和蔼变成严峻。