sternly

英 [ˈstɜːnli] 美 [ˈstɜrnli]

adv.  严厉地; 严肃地; 一本正经地; 死(守)

BNC.16563 / COCA.15493



柯林斯词典

  1. ADJ-GRADED (话语或行动)严厉的,严正的
    Stern words or actions are very severe.
    1. Mr Straw issued a stern warning to those who persist in violence...
      斯特劳先生向那些坚持进行暴力活动的人发出了严正警告。
    2. He said stern measures would be taken against the killers...
      他说将严惩凶手。
    3. Michael gave the dog a stern look.
      迈克尔狠狠瞪了那只狗一眼。
  2. ADJ-GRADED (人)严厉的,严格的,苛刻的
    Someone who is stern is very serious and strict.
    1. Her father was stern and hard to please.
      她父亲很苛刻,让他满意很难。
  3. → see: stem
  4. PHRASE (人)性格坚强的,坚忍的
    If you say that someone is made of sterner stuff, you mean that they have a strong personality and are capable of overcoming difficulties and problems.
    1. Whoever this woman is, she's made of sterner stuff than I am.
      不管这个女人是谁,她都比我坚强。

双语例句

  1. The chair sternly rebuked the audience for their laughter.
    主席厉声斥责听众哄笑。
  2. "peter," he sternly admonished peter, his student.
    “彼得,”他严厉地训诫他的学生彼得道。
  3. The secretary said, pleasantly but sternly, that we should serve the people heart and soul.
    书记语重心长地说,我们应该全心全意为人民服务。
  4. Said another voice, coldly and sternly, proceeding from the crowd about the scaffold.
    从刑台附近的人群中发出的另一个冷酪的声音说。
  5. Hester would not set him free, lest he should look her sternly in the face.
    海丝特不肯放松他,以免看见他盯望着她面孔的那种严厉表情。
  6. Shasta was a little reassured by the breath: so he told how he had never known his real father or mother and had been brought up sternly by the fisherman.
    沙斯塔对那气息稍稍有点儿放心了,所以他就告诉对方:他从来不知道他真正的父亲或母亲,他是由一个渔夫严厉地抚养大的。
  7. This disruptive behavior is actually a very sensible, he sternly watching you, because you and your response ( rather than the lamp) is his aim.
    这捣乱的行为其实是非常理智的,他严肃地看着你,因为你和你的反应(而非灯绳)才是他的目的所在。
  8. The newspaper editor was sternly rebuked for allowing the story to be printed.
    这报纸编辑因同意刊登这篇报导而遭到了严厉谴责。
  9. Mason descends on her sternly.
    梅森对她发起凌厉的攻势。
  10. The policeman stared at the criminal sternly.
    警察目光炯炯地逼视着犯罪分子。
  11. Wagging his finger sternly, he told them never to go into the attic again.
    他严肃地摇了摇指头,告诉他们再也不要进入阁楼。
  12. In this mood she sternly condemned Constantia.
    在这种情绪下,她严厉地指责了康斯坦娅。
  13. He spoke sternly to Harry london.
    他用严峻的口吻对哈里?伦敦说。
  14. He was waiting, somewhat sternly, for Winston to speak, but about what?
    他有点严峻地等待着温斯顿开腔,可是等他说什么?
  15. He saw that his wife's eye was fixed sternly on him.
    他看到他的太太目光严厉地盯视着他。
  16. The two new friends established themselves in the house during his absence; when I heard Hareton sternly check his cousin, on her offering a revelation of her father-in-law's conduct to his father.
    这两个新朋友在他不在时就占据了大厅;在那儿我听见哈里顿严肃地阻止他的表妹揭露她公公对他父亲的行为。
  17. He sternly admonished the students who had violated the school rules.
    他十分严厉地训诫了犯校的学生。
  18. "Was he deaf and dumb, woman?" asked the gentleman sternly.
    “难道他也是又聋又哑吗,婆子?”那位绅士很严厉地问道。
  19. The Vocals sing a method by19 centuries drive occupation teacher and the students sternly keep secret.
    美声唱法在十九世纪以前被职业教师和学生们严加保密。
  20. He walked over to the boy and said to him very sternly,'give that to me '.
    他走到孩子跟前,非常严厉地说;“把它给我”。
  21. Well, what have you got to say for yourself now, Brownhe said, sternly.
    好了,现在你对自己还有什么可说的,布朗?
  22. I can't stand that, do you know why I'll punish you sternly?
    太不像话了!我要严厉惩罚你,你知道为什么吗?
  23. In New York, I was sternly told, absolutely nobody wants to listen to self-doubt.
    在纽约,我被严厉告知,绝对没人想听自我怀疑。
  24. "I have seen her with three different men." He told me sternly, as though that said everything.
    “我已经看到她与三个不同的男人在一起了。”他用严厉的口吻说,似乎那说明了一切问题。
  25. Then he sternly ordered the disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Messiah.
    然后他断然嘱咐,不可对人说他是弥赛亚。
  26. The father scolded the donkey sternly.
    父亲严厉地斥骂着。
  27. Exasperated, I sternly asked her one final time to return to her seats.
    我生气了,最后一次严厉地命令他回到她的座位上去。
  28. Then she sternly warned me to check that the rest room door was properly locked after use.
    然后,她严正告诫我用完后要检查洗手间的门是否锁好。
  29. "This kind of behaviour is not acceptable," said the teacher sternly.
    这种行为是不可接受的,老师严厉地说。
  30. "You know what I mean," said Irene Mallard sternly.
    你晓得我指的是什么,爱莲·玛拉正言厉色地说。

英英释义

adv

  1. with sternness
    1. `No,' she said sternly
    2. peered severely over her glasses

    Synonym:    severely