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

• "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。
• 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。
• Mason descends on her sternly.
  梅森对她发起凌厉的攻势。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• In this mood she sternly condemned Constantia.
  在这种情绪下，她严厉地指责了康斯坦娅。
• He spoke sternly to Harry london.
  他用严峻的口吻对哈里？伦敦说。
• 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”。
• The father scolded the donkey sternly.
  父亲严厉地斥骂着。