| 词汇 | serious |
| 释义 | serious adjective uk /ˈsɪə.ri.əs/ us /ˈsɪr.i.əs/ seriousadjective (BAD)B1 severe in effect; bad: 严重的；糟糕的 a serious illness严重的疾病 There were no reports of serious injuries.没有接到有人重伤的报告。 The new tax regulations have landed some of the smaller companies in serious trouble.新的纳税规定使一些较小的公司陷入了严重的困境。 Drugs have become a serious problem in a lot of schools.吸毒在许多学校已经成了很严重的问题。 This is a very serious offence.这是非常严重的违法行为。 He's been taken to hospital where his condition is described as serious but stable.他被送到了医院，医生说他病情严重但是比较稳定。 having a bad result or outcome seriousHer condition is not thought to be serious. badHe got a bad case of food poisoning. bigOnline fraud is a big problem. majorIt's not a major problem, but it does need to be taken care of. graveThe public are in grave danger. [ after noun ]mainly Indian English very ill病重的 The long hot summer has led to serious water shortages.这个夏天漫长而炎热，导致严重缺水。 The drought caused serious shortfalls in the food supply.干旱造成了严重的食品供应短缺。 Drunken drivers pose a serious threat to other road users. It was a serious fall - it'll be a while before you feel up to walking again.摔得很严重——得过一阵子你才能行走。 Strong winds had caused serious damage to the roof.大风使屋顶严重受损。 Serious and severe acutely acuteness advanced be no laughing matteridiom catastrophic catastrophically chronic dire fatal grave grievously heaviness hyperacute non-fatal non-serious swingeing terminal terminally toughness utmost You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Being & falling ill seriousadjective (NOT JOKING)B1 not joking or intended to be funny: 严肃的，认真的 Please don't laugh - I'm being serious.请不要笑——我是认真的。 He was wearing a very serious expression and I knew something was wrong.他一脸严肃，我就知道出问题了。 On the surface it's a very funny novel but it does have a more serious underlying theme.表面上看，这是一部非常滑稽的小说，但它确实有更为深刻的主题。 lacking humour and not meant to be funny seriousShe had a serious look on her face. earnestAt that time he was an earnest young environmental activist. soberThe mood of the gathering was sober and reflective. sombreUKSince their colleague died there has been a very sombre atmosphere in the office. solemnThe two men fell silent, their faces solemn. B1 A serious person is quiet, thinks carefully about things, and does not laugh a lot: （人）严肃的，不苟言笑的 I remember her as a very serious child.我记得她是个不爱笑的小孩。 I thought she was joking but she was deadly serious.我原以为她在开玩笑，没想到她说的全是真的。 He was being funny but I think he was half serious.他表现得像在开玩笑，但我认为他是半当真的。 I know it's a funny piece of writing but I think there's a serious point being made here. Listen, I'm being serious now - this is a big problem. He's very serious about his work. Lacking humour a laugh a minuteidiom be no laughing matteridiom beyond beyond a jokeidiom earnest earnestly earnestness humourless humourlessly lightly saturnine sober soberly solemnity sombrely sombreness straight-facedly turgid turgidity turgidly seriousadjective (DETERMINED)[ after verb ] determined to follow a particular plan of action: 坚决的；认真的 Is she serious about going to live abroad?她真的想移居国外吗？ [ after verb ] If two people who have a loving relationship are serious about each other, they intend to stay with each other for a long time and possibly marry: 真心相爱的 She's had a lot of boyfriends but Simon's the only one she's been serious about.她有很多男朋友，但西蒙是她唯一真正爱的人。 Are you serious about leaving? Was he serious about wanting a new job? If they were serious about ending poverty they would increase the minimum wage. You're not serious about moving house, are you So is she serious about Anthony? Strong-willed adamancy adamant adamantine adamantly aggressive grittily gutsily gutsy gutty hard-boiled pertinacious pertinaciously pigheaded pigheadedly purposeful ultra-militant ultra-serious unbending unbroken undaunted You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Loving and in love seriousadjective (NEEDING ATTENTION)B2[ before noun ] needing or deserving your complete attention: 需要（或值得）认真对待的 That's an interesting job offer - I'd give it some serious consideration if I were you.那是个有意思的工作机会——我要是你的话就会认真考虑一下。 We've got some serious talking to do, you and me.我们有点重要的事情要谈，就你我两个人。 I have serious concerns about her ability to do the job. So he is a serious contender for the title? I have serious doubts about the whole project. This is a serious complaint - we can't just ignore it. This is a serious matter. Very important or urgent all-important at all costsidiom be a matter of life and/or deathidiom cardinally chief last last but not leastidiom leading life-altering life-and-death overriding primacy primary prime principally prior seminal tectonic weightily weighty seriousadjective (EXTREME)informal extreme in degree or amount: 极其的;极度的 We did some fairly serious walking over the weekend.我们周末走了很多路。 I mean we're talking serious (= a large amount of) money, right?我的意思是我们在谈很大一笔钱，是吗？ informal very good of its type: 极佳的 This is a serious wine, Belle, you have to try some.这是上好的葡萄酒，贝儿，你得尝尝。 Linguistics: very & extreme abjectly absolutely abundantly abundantly clear beyond biblical downright extraordinarily extremely imagine infinitely particularly richly stupefyingly super super-duper super-spectacular superabundantly totally violently You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Informal words for good serious | American Dictionaryserious adjective us/ˈsɪr·i·əs/ seriousadjective (NOT JOKING)not joking; not intended to amuse: You can never tell when he’s serious. seriousadjective (NEEDING ATTENTION)needing complete attention: That’s an interesting job offer – I’d give it serious consideration if I were you. seriousadjective (BAD)severe in effect; bad: Fortunately, there were no serious injuries. seriousadjective (DETERMINED)determined to follow a particular plan of action: Is she serious about moving to Nevada? You have to start getting serious about your studies. If two people who have a romantic relationship are serious about each other, they intend to continue the relationship and possibly marry. Examples of seriousserious But far too often there is risk of serious direct harm when a rigorous assessment of benefits and harms is undertaken. This is surprising, given that questions of revenue generation affect ordinary people in basic and sometimes very serious ways. The most serious threat to these peoples is represented by the commercial development of strategically important reserves of mineral resources. The discovery of vortex structures in the turbulent mixing layer raises serious doubts about the validity of self-preservation arguments. Examinations of tolerance levels indicate no serious multicollinearity between the independent variables. However, neuroleptic therapy is frequently accompanied by serious, sometimes permanent, side effects. The lack of a precise measure of the appropriate deforestation process is a serious limitation of previous studies on the topic. There may be serious issues of successfully storing all the knowledge and retrieving the relevant knowledge in reasonable time. Landlords who are prepared to house benefit recipients may experience serious difficulties with the system. Among the group of poor spellers, there were a number of children who had serious difficulties with vowel length categorization. This issue deserves serious multidisciplinary38 investigation, which is beyond the scope of this article. All 5 of the patients in our series had serious structural heart disease. Or suppose there is an identifiable group of responsible agents within a society for whom the statistical risk of serious, future harmdoing is extremely high. It seems unlikely that serious problems in parental functioning during childhood would suddenly be resolved as the child enters adolescence. Ghosts may seem to elude serious scholars except as metaphor or atmosphere, but there is a surprising abundance of books about them. See all examples of serious These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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