severe

释义

adj.十分严重的; 极为恶劣的; 严厉的; 苛刻的; 艰难的; 简朴的

词态变化

比较级 :   severer ; 最高级 :   severest ; 副词 :   severely ; 名词 :   severity ;

实用场景例句

Facing severe financial difficulties, the company encountered escalating obstacles.

这家公司面临着严重的财务困难，遇到了不断升级的障碍。

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Intense bouts of severe melancholy haunted me during those years.

那些年里，严重的忧郁情绪不断侵扰着我。

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The gravity of this crime calls for a punishment that is both severe and justifiable.

这一罪行的严重性要求给予既严厉又合理的惩罚。

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No sooner had she opened her mouth than my mother delivered a severe scolding.

她刚一张嘴，我妈妈就给了她一顿严厉的斥责。

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Dressed in her severe gray outfits and knitted headwear

身着其庄重的灰色外衣与编织头饰

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Dazzling cushions transform what could have been a severe and lifeless space.

绚丽的靠垫改变了原本可能显得严峻而毫无生气的空间。

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真题例句

As demand for food rises faster than supplies are growing, the resulting food-price inflation puts severe stress on the governments of many countries.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

When Jonathan Swift proposed, in 1729, that the people of Ireland eat their children, he insisted it would solve three problems at once: feed the hungry masses, reduce the population during a severe depression, and stimulate the restaurant business.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

This can result in severe penalties that continue long after punishment is completed.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

They receive severe penalties for committing minor offenses.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

The impact of a salary cut is probably less severe for a scientist in the early stages of a career.

出自-2010年12月阅读原文

There's a flip side, however, as partners are more likely to become ill or die in the couple of years following their spouse's death, and caring for a spouse with mental disorder can leave you with some of the same severe problems.

出自-2010年12月阅读原文

For example, 10 bacteria or less of an especially deadly strain of bacteria can cause severe illness and death in people with compromised immune systems.

2018年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

Wells are much more reliable sources of freshwater, and California is hoping that these deep wells may be the answer to their severe water shortage.

2018年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

In the past, health experts warned us that the day would come in which it would become very difficult to provide medical care for even common problems such as lung infection or severe sour throat.

出自-2017年6月听力原文

Uncommonly severe droughts brought on by global climate changes have led to forest-eating wildfires from Australia to Indonesia, but nowhere more acutely than in the Amazon.

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

When James realized how severe her illness was, she knew she had better hurry up and live life.

出自-2013年12月听力原文

The most important warning is this: if you have severe symptoms and they don't go away, go down!

出自-2012年12月听力原文

By noting where the most severe earthquake in U. S. history occurred.

出自-2010年6月听力原文

Since he was speaking in the Midwest, he decided to begin by noting that the most severe earthquake in American history took place not in California or Alaska but at New Madrid, Missouri in

出自-2010年6月听力原文

But insurance will be cold comfort following the failure on October 31st of VSS Enterprise, resulting in the death of one pilot and the severe injury to another.

2015年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

In adults, excessive use of some pain-killing drugs may cause severe kidney damage.

2017年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

Rather than adding other metals, they developed a complex mechanical process involving repeated heating and very severe mechanical deformation, known as temp-forming.

2019年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section A

If you take the medicine more than three times a week, you may get a rebound headache, which is far more severe than tension headaches.

2015年高考英语湖北卷 听力 原文

Symptoms of it include a headache that is constant but not severe, and a pain at the back of your head and the neck.

2015年高考英语湖北卷 听力 原文

They could still invalidate Fourth Amendment protections when facing severe, urgent circumstances, and they could take reasonable measures to ensure that phone data are not erased or altered while a warrant is pending.

出自-2015年考研阅读原文

The French measures, however, rely too much on severe punishment to change a culture that still regards beauty as skin-deep – and bone-showing.

出自-2016年考研阅读原文

Even among those who got a cold, the ones who felt greater social support and received more frequent hugs had less severe symptoms.

2017年考研真题（英语一）完形填空 Section Ⅰ

The French measures, however, rely too much on severe punishment to change a culture that still regards beauty as skin-deep–and bone-showing.

2016年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

They could still invalidate Fourth Amendment protections when facing severe, urgent circumstances, and they could take reasonable measures to ensure that phone data are not erased or altered while waiting for a warrant.

2015年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

英英释义

Adjective

1. intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality;

"severe pain"

"a severe case of flu"

"a terrible cough"

"under wicked fire from the enemy's guns"

"a wicked cough"

2. very strong or vigorous;

"strong winds"

"a hard left to the chin"

"a knockout punch"

"a severe blow"

3. severely simple;

"a stark interior"

4. unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment;

"a parent severe to the pitch of hostility"- H.G.Wells

"a hefty six-footer with a rather severe mien"

"a strict disciplinarian"

"a Spartan upbringing"

5. causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm;

"a dangerous operation"

"a grave situation"

"a grave illness"

"grievous bodily harm"

"a serious wound"

"a serious turn of events"

"a severe case of pneumonia"

"a life-threatening disease"

6. very bad in degree or extent;

"a severe worldwide depression"

"the house suffered severe damage"