| 单词 | seriousness |
| 释义 | seriousness (once / 1069 pages) n Seriousness is a quality of being calmly intent, or serious. Your seriousness will serve you well when you're studying for an important test. You might talk about the seriousness of an argument between two friends, or the seriousness of your math teacher when she expects the class to pay attention. Sometimes seriousness implies a bit of worry, like when you ask about the seriousness of your grandmother's health problems. The noun seriousness comes from an adjective, serious, with a Latin root, serius, which means "weighty, important, or grave." WORD FAMILYseriousness: seriousnesses+/overserious: overseriously/serious: overserious, seriouser, seriousest, seriously, seriousness USAGE EXAMPLESYet even here, and in Shore’s broader role creating the musical personality of the sketch-comedy giant, is evidence of the composer’s seriousness. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) If they do something really inappropriate, for example hit another child, you seem to be incapable of reacting with the seriousness such behaviour warrants. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) The appeals court ruled the relatively modest fine wasn’t a disproportionate penalty compared with the seriousness of her crime. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1n an earnest and sincere feeling Syn|Hyper earnestness, sincerity gravity, solemnity a solemn and dignified feeling 2n the trait of being serious "a lack of solemnity is not necessarily a lack of seriousness"- Robert Rice Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper earnestness, serious-mindedness, sincerity frivolity, frivolousness the trait of being frivolous; not serious or sensible commitment, committedness the trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose graveness, gravity, soberness, sobriety, somberness, sombrenessa manner that is serious and solemn sedateness, solemness, solemnity, staidnessa trait of dignified seriousness investmentthe commitment of something other than money (time, energy, or effort) to a project with the expectation of some worthwhile result stodginess, stuffinessdull and pompous gravity trait a distinguishing feature of your personal nature 3n the quality of arousing fear or distress he learned the seriousness of his illness Syn|Hyper distressfulness badness, severeness, severity used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather |
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