severe

　　嚴重的,劇烈的 causing serious harm pain, worry or discomfort

　　嚴厲的,嚴肅的 not kind or gentle in treatment

　　艱難的,嚴峻的,辛苦的 likely to cause failure or show up weakness; difficult

　　樸素的,純樸的 completely plain and without decoration

　　同義詞

　　a. austere，hard，spartan，terrible

　　詞匯辨析

　　earnest，serious，grave，severe，solemn，sober

　　這些形容詞均有 嚴肅的 之意。

　　earnest 指嚴肅，認真，含誠懇和熱情意味。

　　serious 指具有關鍵、嚴肅或嚴重意義的事情。

　　grave 側重嚴肅和尊嚴，需要認真思考，含令人擔憂意味。

　　severe 指面孔的嚴肅，法律的嚴厲，傷病的嚴重。著重嚴厲性，無絲毫溫情。

　　solemn 指人表情或場景氣氛嚴肅，側重威嚴名印象深刻。

　　sober 側重因控制或抑制自己的感情而表現出的莊重。

　　參考例句

　　1. Competition for the job is very severe.

　　這份工作的競爭是很激烈的。

　　2. Autism is a series of disorder that can range from mild to severe.

　　自閉癥是一種可以導致從輕微到嚴重的一系列紊亂。

　　3. Otherwise we shall certainly inflict upon you very severe punishment.

　　否則我們一定會已很嚴厲的刑罰加予你。

　　雙語釋義

　　1.ADJ You use severe to indicate that something bad or undesirable is great or intense. 嚴重的

　　例：...a business with severe cash flow problems.

　　一個有嚴重現金流轉問題的企業。

　　例：Shortages of professional staff are very severe in some places.

　　專業人員的短缺在一些地方十分嚴重。

　　2.severely ADV 嚴重地

　　例：The UN wants to send food aid to 10 countries in Africa severely affected by the drought.

　　聯合國想給予10個受旱災嚴重影響的非洲國家食品援助。

　　例：An aircraft overshot the runway and was severely damaged.

　　一架飛機沖出了跑道后嚴重受損。

　　3.ADJ Severe punishments or criticisms are very strong or harsh. 嚴厲的

　　例：This was a dreadful crime and a severe sentence is necessary.

　　這是一種駭人聽聞的罪行，重判是必要的。

　　4.severely ADV 嚴厲地

　　例：...a campaign to try to change the law to punish dangerous drivers more severely.

　　一場試圖修改法律以更加嚴厲地懲罰危險駕車者的運動。

　　常見用法

　　用作形容詞

　　The premier came under severe criticism.

　　這位總理遭到嚴厲的抨擊。

　　Hes suffering from severe mental disorder.

　　他患有嚴重的精神玻

　　A severe storm turned the small village down to ground.

　　一場劇烈的風暴把小村夷為平地。

　　The new product has stood a severe proof .

　　新產品經受了嚴格的考驗。

　　They can withstand severe tests.

　　他們能經得起嚴峻的考驗。

　　severe

　　嚴重的,劇烈的 causing serious harm pain, worry or discomfort

　　嚴厲的,嚴肅的 not kind or gentle in treatment

　　艱難的,嚴峻的,辛苦的 likely to cause failure or show up weakness; difficult

　　樸素的,純樸的 completely plain and without decoration

　　同義詞

　　a. austere，hard，spartan，terrible

　　詞匯辨析

　　earnest，serious，grave，severe，solemn，sober

　　這些形容詞均有 嚴肅的 之意。

　　earnest 指嚴肅，認真，含誠懇和熱情意味。

　　serious 指具有關鍵、嚴肅或嚴重意義的事情。

　　grave 側重嚴肅和尊嚴，需要認真思考，含令人擔憂意味。

　　severe 指面孔的嚴肅，法律的嚴厲，傷病的嚴重。著重嚴厲性，無絲毫溫情。

　　solemn 指人表情或場景氣氛嚴肅，側重威嚴名印象深刻。

　　sober 側重因控制或抑制自己的感情而表現出的莊重。

　　參考例句

　　1. Competition for the job is very severe.

　　這份工作的競爭是很激烈的。

　　2. Autism is a series of disorder that can range from mild to severe.

　　自閉癥是一種可以導致從輕微到嚴重的一系列紊亂。

　　3. Otherwise we shall certainly inflict upon you very severe punishment.

　　否則我們一定會已很嚴厲的刑罰加予你。

　　雙語釋義

　　1.ADJ You use severe to indicate that something bad or undesirable is great or intense. 嚴重的

　　例：...a business with severe cash flow problems.

　　一個有嚴重現金流轉問題的企業。

　　例：Shortages of professional staff are very severe in some places.

　　專業人員的短缺在一些地方十分嚴重。

　　2.severely ADV 嚴重地

　　例：The UN wants to send food aid to 10 countries in Africa severely affected by the drought.

　　聯合國想給予10個受旱災嚴重影響的非洲國家食品援助。

　　例：An aircraft overshot the runway and was severely damaged.

　　一架飛機沖出了跑道后嚴重受損。

　　3.ADJ Severe punishments or criticisms are very strong or harsh. 嚴厲的

　　例：This was a dreadful crime and a severe sentence is necessary.

　　這是一種駭人聽聞的罪行，重判是必要的。

　　4.severely ADV 嚴厲地

　　例：...a campaign to try to change the law to punish dangerous drivers more severely.

　　一場試圖修改法律以更加嚴厲地懲罰危險駕車者的運動。

　　常見用法

　　用作形容詞

　　The premier came under severe criticism.

　　這位總理遭到嚴厲的抨擊。

　　Hes suffering from severe mental disorder.

　　他患有嚴重的精神玻

　　A severe storm turned the small village down to ground.

　　一場劇烈的風暴把小村夷為平地。

　　The new product has stood a severe proof .

　　新產品經受了嚴格的考驗。

　　They can withstand severe tests.

　　他們能經得起嚴峻的考驗。