| 单词 | severe |
| 释义 | severe —severely, adv. —severeness, n. /seuh vear"/, adj., severer, severest. 1. harsh; unnecessarily extreme: severe criticism; severe laws. 2. serious or stern in manner or appearance: a severe face. 3. grave; critical: a severe illness. 4. rigidly restrained in style, taste, manner, etc.; simple, plain, or austere. 5. causing discomfort or distress by extreme character or conditions, as weather, cold, or heat; unpleasantly violent, as rain or wind, or a blow or shock. 6. difficult to endure, perform, fulfill, etc.: a severe test of his powers. 7. rigidly exact, accurate, or methodical: severe standards. [1540-50; < L severus, or back formation from SEVERITY] Syn. 2. strict, hard. See stern1. 4. unadorned. 7. demanding, exacting. Ant. 1. lenient. 2. gentle. |
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