一、詳細釋義：


adj.

嚴重的；劇烈的；凜冽


例句：

Severe damage witnessed the destructive force of the storm

嚴重的損害表明了暴風(fēng)雨的破壞力。


嚴厲的；苛刻的(+with/on/upon)


例句：

She was a harsh mother and imposed severe discipline on her children.

她是位嚴厲的母親，用嚴格的紀律管束自己的孩子。


嚴格的；嚴密的


例句：

She was a harsh mother and imposed severe discipline on her children.

她是位嚴厲的母親，用嚴格的紀律管束自己的孩子。


例句：

We plan to dovetail these projects into very severe budgetary constraints.

我們計劃使這些項目符合極為嚴格的預(yù)算限制規(guī)定。


嚴峻的；艱難的；激烈的


例句：

That Union we reached only by the discipline of our virtues, in the severe school of adversity。

我們經(jīng)受嚴峻的磨練，堅持培養(yǎng)自己的美德，才得以形成這聯(lián)邦。


嚴肅的，正經(jīng)的


例句：

His manner might have been called severe, though really it was more cultivated than austere

他的舉止可以說是很嚴肅的，雖然實際上說莊嚴還不如說文雅更妥切一些。


純潔的；樸素的


例句：

She wore a severe black dress.

她穿一件樸素的黑衣裙。


二、詞義辨析：


earnest,serious,grave,severe,solemn,sober

這些形容詞均有“嚴肅的”之意。 earnest指嚴肅，認真，含誠懇和熱情意味。 serious指具有關(guān)鍵、嚴肅或嚴重意義的事情。 grave側(cè)重嚴肅和尊嚴，需要認真思考，含令人擔憂意味。 severe指面孔的嚴肅，法律的嚴厲，傷病的嚴重。著重嚴厲性，無絲毫溫情。 solemn指人表情或場景氣氛嚴肅，側(cè)重威嚴名印象深刻。 sober側(cè)重因控制或抑制自己的感情而表現(xiàn)出的莊重。


三、參考例句：


His injuries were quite severe.


Zimbabwe has experienced severe inflation.

津巴布韋經(jīng)歷了嚴重的通貨膨脹。


Darcy suffered from severe asthma.

達西深受嚴重的哮喘癥的折磨。


His costly mistake resulted in severe loss.

他的嚴重的錯誤導(dǎo)致了重大的損失。


His mistake resulted in severe loss.

他的錯誤導(dǎo)致了重大的損失。


He's suffering from severe mental disorder.

他患有嚴重的精神病。


The premier came under severe criticism.

這位總理遭到嚴厲的抨擊。


The general had a severe manner.

那位將軍態(tài)度嚴肅。


His wife gave him a severe rating.

他的妻子嚴厲申斥他。


The pine trees defy severe cold.

松樹不畏嚴寒。