severest

英 [sɪˈvɪərɪst]

美 [səˈvɪrəst]

adj.  极为恶劣的; 十分严重的; 严厉的; 重的; 苛刻的
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柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 十分严重的;极为恶劣的
  You usesevereto indicate that something bad or undesirable is great or intense.
  1. ...a business with severe cash flow problems...
     有严重资金周转问题的公司
  2. I suffered from severe bouts of depression...
     我曾患有严重的抑郁症。
  3. Steve passed out on the floor and woke up blinded and in severe pain...
     史蒂夫昏倒在地板上，醒来后什么也看不见了，还感到剧烈的疼痛。
  4. Shortages of professional staff are very severe in some places.
     有些地方专业人员严重短缺。
• ADJ-GRADED (惩罚、批评)严厉的，严重的，苛刻的
  Severepunishments or criticisms are very strong or harsh.
  1. This was a dreadful crime and a severe sentence is necessary...
     这一罪行十分恶劣，必须要重判。
  2. Before she could reply, my mother launched into a severe reprimand.
     她还没来得及回答，我妈妈就开始严厉地训斥起她来。
• ADJ-GRADED (外貌、外观)简朴的，朴素的,不加修饰的
  If you describe the appearance of someone or something assevere, you do not like its plain appearance and lack of decoration.
  1. ...wearing her felt hats and severe grey suits...
     戴着她的毡帽，穿着朴素的灰色套装
  2. The cushions add a touch of colour in a room that might otherwise look severe.
     靠垫给房间添了一抹亮色，不然房间看上去可能太素净了。

双语例句

• As you have mentioned, the Asian financial turmoil has dealt a hard blow to Hong Kong's economy recently, putting Hong Kong to the severest test it has ever experienced.
  正如你在信里所提及，香港的经济最近受到亚洲金融风暴所影响，我们正面对前所未有的严峻考验。
• In times of severest trial God has made to us our calling and election plain, and we have made it sure: then have we chosen the LORD to be our God, and He has shown that we are assuredly His chosen.
  所以，这就是我们的情况，在许多考虑来临之际，上帝清楚显明祂的拣选与呼召，而我们也再次肯定自己的抉择，上帝就是我们的主。
• For, though your accusations were ill-founded, formed on mistaken premises, my behaviour to you at the time had merited the severest reproof.
  虽然你的指斥都没有根据，都是听到人家以讹传讹，可是我那次对你的态度，实在应该受到最严厉的责备。
• His conduct calls for the severest condemnation.
  他的行为有必要受到最严厉的惩办。
• This summer, our country faced the test of our severest floods in a century.
  今年夏天，国家发生了百年不遇的特大洪水灾害。
• All those who have attended to the subject, believe that there is the severest rivalry between the males of many birds to attract, by singing, the females.
  凡是注意到这问题的都认为许多雄性鸟儿之间最激烈的斗争是用歌声引诱雌鸟。
• When the game players were given the opportunity to punish a pretend opponent those with the greatest reduction in P300 meted out the severest punishments.
  但是，当一个虚拟对手出现，游戏玩家得到惩罚对手的机会时，P300反应最弱的玩家给予了对手最严厉的惩罚。
• The newspapers fulminate against the crime. She would rather have had them spoken about, even in terms of severest censure.
  报纸严厉谴责这个罪行。她宁可叫他们尽量数说自己的错处，即使是极严厉的斥责。
• Now his stately ship of life, having weathered the severest storms of a troubled century, is anchored in tranquil waters, proof that courage and faith and the zest for freedom are truly indestructible.
  现在，他人生的艨艟战舰渡过了忧患世纪以来最凌厉的风暴，停泊在平静的水面上，证明了他的勇气、信念和对自由的执着真正是颠扑不破的。
• The death penalty is now in the world the severest one kind of penalty, is also called the capital punishment.
  死刑是当今世界上最为峻厉的一种科罚，又称为死刑。