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

• ADJ-GRADED (话语或行动)严厉的，严正的
  Sternwords 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。
• ADJ-GRADED (人)严厉的，严格的，苛刻的
  Someone who issternis 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。
• → see:stem
• PHRASE (人)性格坚强的，坚忍的
  If you say that someone ismade 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。

英英释义

adv

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

双语例句

• He spoke sternly to Harry london.
  他用严峻的口吻对哈里？伦敦说。
• 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。
• 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”。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• "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。
• In this mood she sternly condemned Constantia.
  在这种情绪下，她严厉地指责了康斯坦娅。
• "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。