| 词汇 | sternness |
| 释义 | sternness noun[ U ] uk /ˈstɜːn.nəs/ us /ˈstɝːn.nəs/ the quality of being severe, or of showing disapproval: 严厉;苛刻 He directed the agency with the sternness of a military officer.他以军队的严厉态度领导该机构。 Her concern began to turn to sternness.她的关切开始变成了苛责。 See stern Meg looked at the older woman with mock sternness. Lucy's sternness was mellowing a little. The line, delivered with an unusual sternness, looked like a clear "I'm-in-charge" message. 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 sternly Examples of sternnesssternness He stubbornly stood by them and sometimes acted with sternness. Ugliness, formlessness, and sternness: these are rough, eccentric qualities, if we take conventional aesthetics as our guide. It is high time that these matters were considered with greater severity and sternness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It may be that the element of sternness would be most suitably achieved by shorter sentences at an earlier stage in the criminal's career. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe in a little hardness and sternness in these matters. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He can be stern sometimes, and there was an element of sternness in what he said. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The permanent safeguard must be a sympathetic government, which realises the elements of good as well as the elements of danger, and which suppresses criminal extravagances with inflexible sternness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was said that he governed with integrity and sternness, and the people benefitted from his governance. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. According to legal scholars, he showed law-and-order sternness when handling criminal cases while often exhibiting a liberal impulse in civil cases. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In later years, he lived more discreetly as a scholar and educationist, earning both praise and opprobrium for his sternness and erudition. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. His sternness of feature and apparent coldness concealed from those who did not know him his great kindness of heart and strength of feeling. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It was an attitude of mind which tempered the sternness of his approach with an engaging humour and a delight in playing practical jokes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Stern when sternness was necessary, yet gentleness was the prevailing ingredient of his royal nature. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Even in her humour there is a touch of impatience and sternness. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It is personified in several human characteristics; patience, endurance, sternness, observation, meditation, appreciation for history, future visions, and royalty personified. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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