seriousness

Word family (noun) seriousness (adjective) serious (adverb) seriously

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishseriousnessse‧ri‧ous‧ness /ˈsɪəriəsnəs $ ˈsɪr-/ noun [uncountable] 1 the quality of being serious2 → in all seriousnessExamples from the Corpusseriousness• I approve the deadly seriousness, the piety, the need for something sacred in your life.• They had the imagination of their times and the literal seriousness required for the absolute invention of their entire lives.• Sometimes there was a new seriousness, the supple posture of childhood exchanged for squared shoulders and a stiff spine.• He loved the look of seriousness that came over her face.• These discussions are characterised by an increasing scope and depth as the issues are accorded greater philosophical seriousness.• They agree about the seriousness of the crime statistics and the importance of full disclosure.• Mr McDaid said he fully accepted the seriousness of what had happened but was standing by his son.• In conclusion, though there is no denying the seriousness of the problem, many questions still remain unanswered.

单词	seriousness
释义	seriousness Word family (noun) seriousness (adjective) serious (adverb) seriously From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishseriousnessse‧ri‧ous‧ness /ˈsɪəriəsnəs $ ˈsɪr-/ noun [uncountable] 1 the quality of being serious2 → in all seriousnessExamples from the Corpusseriousness• I approve the deadly seriousness, the piety, the need for something sacred in your life.• They had the imagination of their times and the literal seriousness required for the absolute invention of their entire lives.• Sometimes there was a new seriousness, the supple posture of childhood exchanged for squared shoulders and a stiff spine.• He loved the look of seriousness that came over her face.• These discussions are characterised by an increasing scope and depth as the issues are accorded greater philosophical seriousness.• They agree about the seriousness of the crime statistics and the importance of full disclosure.• Mr McDaid said he fully accepted the seriousness of what had happened but was standing by his son.• In conclusion, though there is no denying the seriousness of the problem, many questions still remain unanswered.
随便看	sink into sink like a stone sink or swim sink school sink so low sink something in/into something sink something into something sink tidy sink to doing sink to doing something sink to level sink to your knees sink without a trace sink without trace sink without trace sink your differences sink/fall/drop to your knees sink/slip/pass etc into oblivion sinking feeling sinking fund Sinn Féin sinner Sino Sino- Sint Nikolaas