severity

se·ver·i·ty

S0296900 (sə-vĕr′ĭ-tē)n. pl. se·ver·i·ties 1. The state or quality of being severe.2. The act or an instance of severe behavior, especially punishment.

se•ver•i•ty

(səˈvɛr ɪ ti)

n., pl. -ties. 1. harshness, sternness, or rigor. 2. austere simplicity, as of style or taste. 3. intensity or sharpness, as of cold or pain. 4. grievousness; hard or trying character or effect. 5. rigid exactness or accuracy. 6. an instance of strict or severe behavior, punishment, etc. [1475–85; < Latin sevēritās]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	severity - used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weathersevereness, badnessintensiveness, intensity - high level or degree; the property of being intenseraininess, foulness - (of weather) the badness of the weather; "they were wearied with the foulness of the weather"distressfulness, seriousness - the quality of arousing fear or distress; "he learned the seriousness of his illness"
	2.	severity - something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters"asperity, rigor, rigorousness, rigourousness, severeness, rigour, grimness, hardshipdifficultness, difficulty - the quality of being difficult; "they agreed about the difficulty of the climb"sternness - the quality (as of scenery) being grim and gloomy and forbidding; "the sternness of his surroundings made him uncomfortable"
	3.	severity - extreme plainness austereness, severenessplainness - the appearance of being plain and unpretentious
	4.	severity - excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp"inclemency, rigorousness, rigourousness, rigour, rigor, harshness, severeness, stiffness, hardnesssternness, strictness - uncompromising resolution

severity

noun strictness, seriousness, harshness, austerity, rigour, toughness, hardness, stringency, sternness, severeness He was sickened by the severity of the sentence.

severity

noun1. The fact or condition of being rigorous and unsparing:austerity, hardness, harshness, rigidity, rigor, rigorousness, sternness, strictness, stringency, toughness.2. Exceptionally great concentration, power, or force, especially in activity:depth (often used in plural), ferociousness, ferocity, fierceness, fury, intensity, pitch, vehemence, vehemency, violence.

Translations

严重朴素

severe

(səˈviə) adjective1. (of something unpleasant) serious; extreme. severe shortages of food; a severe illness; Our team suffered a severe defeat. 嚴重的 严重的2. strict or harsh. a severe mother; severe criticism. 嚴厲的 严厉地3. (of style in dress etc) very plain. a severe hairstyle. 樸素的 朴素的seˈverely adverb 嚴重地，嚴厲地 严厉地，严厉地 seˈverity (-ˈve-) nounthe severity of the punishment; the severity of her dress. 嚴重，樸素 严重，朴素