Severe



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj. 严格的, 凶猛的
• ［类］ mitigate : severe / qualify : general ( 缓和排除严重 / 限制排除一般)

Webster Collegiate

adjective (severer; -est)

• Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin severus
• Date: 1548
• 1.
  • a. strict in judgment, discipline, or government
  • b. of a strict or stern bearing or manner ; austere
• 2. rigorous in restraint, punishment, or requirement ; stringent, restrictive
• 3. strongly critical or condemnatory ; censorious <a severe critic>
• 4.
  • a. maintaining a scrupulously exacting standard of behavior or self-discipline
  • b. establishing exacting standards of accuracy and integrity in intellectual processes <a severe logician>
• 5. sober or restrained in decoration or manner ; plain <a severe dress>
• 6.
  • a. inflicting physical discomfort or hardship ; harsh <severe winters>
  • b. inflicting pain or distress ; grievous <a severe wound>
• 7. requiring great effort ; arduous <a severe test>
• 8. of a great degree ; serious <severe depression>
• ? severely adverb
• ? severeness noun
• ? severity noun
• Synonyms:
  • severe, stern, austere, ascetic mean given to or marked by strict discipline and firm restraint. severe implies standards enforced without indulgence or laxity and may suggest harshness <severe military discipline>. stern stresses inflexibility and inexorability of temper or character<stern arbiters of public morality>. austere stresses absence of warmth, color, or feeling and may apply to rigorous restraint, simplicity, or self-denial<living an austere life in the country>. ascetic implies abstention from pleasure and comfort or self-indulgence as spiritual discipline<the ascetic life of the monks>.

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