| 词汇 | sternly |
| 释义 | sternly adverb uk /ˈstɜːn.li/ us /ˈstɝːn.li/ in a way that shows disapproval: 严厉地，苛刻地 "This kind of behaviour is not acceptable," said the teacher sternly.“这种行为是绝不允许的。”老师严厉地说。 Synonym severely Compare strictly 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 severity sharply sharpness stern sternness Examples of sternlysternly The example of the mountain division suggests that the fight on the ground could have been waged much more sternly had the junta chosen to deploy it. He spoke sternly about inflation, although whether it was courage or foolhardiness that he showed by gambling with inflation is another matter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Nemesis limps sternly, if slowly, behind and overtakes in the end. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We must rely upon them to do their best for the cause which they so warmly and sternly espouse. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have to look at this matter, not from a theoretical, nor from a sentimental, standpoint, but from a sternly practical one. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The next thing is that taxi-cab drivers are very sternly controlled. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am afraid that so long as the credit restrictions go on we are bound to look at each application pretty sternly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think anything in the nature of rowdyism and mob action ought to be sternly suppressed by those responsible for the maintenance of the peace? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The employers of this country would sternly resist any suggestion that it was. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It required to be corrected, and it required to be sternly corrected. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The other big question is commercial entertainment, which has reached a pitch of extravagance which should now be sternly discouraged. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If it were used, it should be dealt with sternly, but despite all the ferreting of the journalists, no violence was ever established. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They must be harried, brought to book, and sternly punished and not see a penny of their wretched gains. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We rebuked them very sternly, and we believe the error will not occur again. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They sternly reproved me for my remarks that it could not possibly happen here. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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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