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单词 harshly
释义

harshly

/ˈhɑːʃli /
adverb
1In a manner that is unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses: the offices are harshly lit by fluorescent lights...
  • She has produced a series of three photographs in a harshly lit hotel lobby.
  • In a spare and harshly lit military courtroom, prosecutors began their case.
  • The muted, playful tone feels off, contrasting harshly with the mysterious slamming doors and the solemn tune Marianne plucks on the piano.
2In a cruel or severe manner: I felt I was harshly treated by the court...
  • I didn't reply harshly, but I wanted to.
  • Elizabeth glared harshly at her friend.
  • In his lecture, he spoke harshly of journalists who don't believe a newspaper should make a profit.
2.1With an undesirably strong effect: the fierce wind blew harshly onto my face the pilot applied the brakes too harshly...
  • "Building a new house tests a marriage very harshly," she added.
  • It will be a welcome boost after being harshly hit by the double whammy of global recession and the attack in which one of its New York hotels was severely damaged.
  • The sharp rise of unemployment apparent from the 1970s was particularly harshly felt.
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