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词汇 severity
释义 severity
noun[ U ]
uk /sɪˈver.ə.ti/ us /səˈver.ə.t̬i/

severitynoun[U] (SERIOUS)


C2
seriousness: 严肃,庄重
Even the doctors were shocked by the severity of his injuries.连医生也对他伤势的严重程度感到震惊。
I don't think you quite understand the severity of our financial problems.我认为你还不太了解我们财务问题的严重程度。
Synonyms
gravity(SERIOUS)
seriousness(BAD)
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

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

severitynoun[U] (NOT KIND)


the quality of being very unkind or unpleasant: 严厉,苛刻
He spoke with great severity.他说话口气非常严厉。
The severity of the punishment should match the seriousness of the crime.惩罚的严厉程度应同所犯罪行的轻重相当。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Severe
an iron hand/fist in a velvet gloveidiom
austere
austerely
authoritarian
be heavy on someoneidiom
brutally
flaming
flinty
harsh
harshness
non-authoritarian
nonsense
not stand any nonsenseidiom
severe
severely
sharply
sharpness
stern
sternly
sternness

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Serious and severe

severitynoun[U] (PLAIN)


plainness简洁;单纯
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Severe
an iron hand/fist in a velvet gloveidiom
austere
austerely
authoritarian
be heavy on someoneidiom
brutally
flaming
flinty
harsh
harshness
non-authoritarian
nonsense
not stand any nonsenseidiom
severe
severely
sharply
sharpness
stern
sternly
sternness

severity | American Dictionary


severity
noun[ U ]
us/səˈver·ɪ·t̬i/
the quality of being very unkind or unpleasant:
The severity of her comments surprised everyone.
the quality of being extremely painful, difficult, etc.:
You can’t imagine the severity of the heat here during the summer.

Examples of severity


severity
I suggest that their severities should go still further.
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Over the years our history has shown us that we have continually reduced the severities of our criminal law.
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Analysis by individual counties could be provided only at disproportionate cost for all injury severities.
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There are opportunities providing much room for debate on matters of detail, but our proposals are to moderate the severities of the law and not to alter its purpose.
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Shelters are being multiplied and improved, and preparations on an extensive scale are in progress for mitigating the inevitable severities of the winter for those who are using the shelters.
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Tricuspid regurgitation appeared moderate in severity, with an eccentric direction for the jet.
The classification is based on the severity of the displacement of the septal and posteroinferior leaflets, with four grades of increasing severity.
In contrast, in humid regions where flood control is the determining factor, inflow - flood severity - uncertainty may further enhance cooperation.
A correlation was made between the severity of the disease and the outcome.
In addition, there were a large number of developmental effects produced by severity or chronicity differences that did not have corresponding diagnostic differences.
In this study, the externalizing problem scales for each of these measures were used to assess severity of these behavioral and emotional problems.
Patients with volume data did not significantly differ from the total group in age at catheterization, severity of obstruction or improvement in gradient.
The distribution of severity of arrhythmias events was correlated with time.
The pattern of behavioral abnormalities that define autism spectrum disorders is often associated with heterogeneity in symptom type, severity, and outcome.
In other words, early exposure to risk is usually confounded with persistence and severity of risk exposure.
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Collocations withseverity


severity

These are words often used in combination with severity.

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degree of severity
It seems hard to escape the conclusion that the two groups had the same underlying impairment but a different degreeofseverity.
increased severity
The activation or exacerbation of selfbeliefs is likely to lead to the earlier occurrence and increased severity (intensity and duration) of seasonal depression.
increasing severity
Over time, the lack of fertiliser impacted with increasingseverity on the yields of plantations already suffering from the effects of fuel shortages.
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