| 词汇 | severe |
| 释义 | severe adjective uk /sɪˈvɪər/ us /səˈvɪr/ severeadjective (VERY SERIOUS)B2 causing very great pain, difficulty, worry, damage, etc.; very serious: 非常严重的；剧烈的；惨重的 a severe chest infection/leg injury/toothache十分严重的胸腔感染／腿伤／牙痛 This is a school for children with severe learning difficulties.这是一所为有严重学习障碍的孩子设立的学校。 In parts of Africa there is a severe food/water shortage.非洲的一些地方存在严重的粮食／水资源短缺问题。 There is expected to be a severe frost tonight.今晚预计会出现严重的霜冻。 Severe cutbacks in public spending have been announced.已经宣布对公共开支进行大幅度削减。 painful painfulHer ankle was still painful if she put weight on it. soreMy feet are sore from walking around all day. tenderThe glands in my neck feel really tender. sensitiveMy face was bright red and sensitive to the touch. excruciatingHis injury caused excruciating headaches. 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. extreme or very difficult: 极度的；非常困难的 This will be a severe test of our strength.这将是对我们实力的严峻考验。 They confessed, but only under severe constraint.他们迫于巨大的压力才说出了真相。 The latest trade figures have dealt a severe blow to hopes of an early economic recovery.最新的贸易数据彻底粉碎了经济早日复苏的希望。 The stock market crash marked the start of a severe depression.股市大跌标志着大萧条的开始。 This year a severe drought has ruined the crops.今年严重的旱灾把庄稼都给毁了。 In cases of severe mental handicap, constant supervision is recommended. Serious and severe acutely acuteness advanced catastrophic catastrophically chronic dire fatal grave grievously heaviness hyperacute non-fatal non-serious seriously stringent terminal terminally toughness utmost You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Complicated and difficult to do severeadjective (NOT KIND)B2 not kind or showing sympathy; not willing to accept other people's mistakes or failures: 不和善的;冷酷的;严厉的;苛刻的 The headteacher spoke in a severe voice.校长说话的口吻很严厉。 The president is currently facing severe criticism.总统目前正遭到严厉的批评。 There are severe penalties for failing to declare all your income to the Inland Revenue.未向税务机关申报个人全部收入会受到严厉的处罚。 Unkind, cruel & unfeeling acerbic acerbically acerbity acidly anti-cruelty cold-heartedly cruel cruelly cruelty cruelty to someone/something meanly meanness mental cruelty merciless mercilessly trenchant trenchantly uncharitable uncharitably unchristian You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Severe severeadjective (PLAIN)often disapproving completely plain and without decoration: 不加装饰的，朴素的，简朴的 She wore a severe black dress, and plain black shoes.她穿了一件朴素的黑连衣裙和一双普通的黑鞋子。 I don't like these severe modern buildings.我不喜欢这些没有任何装饰的现代建筑。 Plain and ordinary as it comesidiom austere austerely austerity average Joe homespun homey humble humdrum middle-of-the-road sparely spartan stale starkly starkness unostentatious unostentatiously unpainted unremarkable unremarkably severe | American Dictionarysevere adjective us/səˈvɪr/ severeadjective (VERY SERIOUS)causing great pain, difficulty, damage, etc.; very serious: a severe earthquake The family faced severe challenges when he lost his job. severeadjective (NOT KIND)not kind or sympathetic; harsh: severe criticism Examples of severesevere Lower intake of medication might be expected to cause more severe psychotic symptoms. Patients assigned to the ' generalized eating disorder ' cluster were rated as having more severe symptoms in almost every respect except weight. Rate of taper could be slowed once for every 3-day decrement if re-emergent symptoms were too severe for patients to go on. Assessing the larger numbers of women suffering severe maternal morbidity would vastly increase their workload. Patients suffering from systemic diseases, referred pain, or severe biomedical or psychiatric disorders were excluded. It is also not unique in suffering high levels of air and water pollution and facing severe threats to its biological resources. A second empirical problem is presented by patients with severe aphasia, who can carry out numerous complex tasks. He found that if patients maintained independence to make transfers and to dress, even though their dementia was severe, they could maintain continence. Furthermore, we could not assess seasonal variations in less severe forms of health services used such as emergency department or physician visits. Virtually all patients with primary autonomic failure are found at postmortem to have severe loss of intermedio-lateral column cells. Therefore, we can hypothesize that severe droughts induce leaf shedding and flushing in the tropical rain forest. Assessing quality of life in persons with severe neurological disability associated with multiple sclerosis : the psychometric evaluation of two quality of life measures. Severe adverse events may occur more frequently in patients treated with peginterferon plus ribavirin than in patients treated with interferon plus ribavirin (18;32). During simulated ischemia, severe neurotoxicity occurs and is diminished by enzymatic degeneration of extracellular glutamate or by blockade of glutamate release. It was a significant political problem especially for the guilds, because in their view it was a severe encroachment on their corporate liberties. 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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