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词汇 ultra-serious
释义 ultra-serious
adjective
(alsoultraserious)uk /ˌʌl.trəˈsɪə.ri.əs/ us /ˌʌl.trəˈsɪr.i.əs/

ultra-seriousadjective (NOT JOKING)


not joking or trying to be funny at all:
The judge has an ultra-serious persona in the courtroom, but those who know her personally admire her sense of humour.
His character provides the comic relief on the show in contrast to his ultra-serious partner.
People might not approve of you making jokes about this ultra-serious film.
Her book is a parody of one of those self-important and ultra-serious literary biographies.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Lacking humour
a laugh a minuteidiom
be no laughing matteridiom
beyond
beyond a jokeidiom
earnestly
earnestness
humourlessly
intense
lightly
saturnine
sober
soberly
solemnity
sombrely
sombreness
starchy
straight-facedly
turgid
turgidity
turgidly

ultra-seriousadjective (DETERMINED)


very determined to try hard and do well in a job, task, hobby, etc.:
The magazine features gourmet recipes for the ultraserious home cook.
His friends describe him as ambitious, driven, and ultra-serious.
After a term of poor grades, she returned to school ultra-serious and focused.
She is an ultra-serious young reporter who works diligently to uncover corruption in local government.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Strong-willed
adamancy
adamant
adamantine
adamantly
aggressive
grittily
gutsily
gutsy
gutty
hard-boiled
pertinacious
pertinaciously
pigheaded
pigheadedly
purposeful
ultra-militant
unbending
unbroken
undaunted
unmovable
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