severest

英 [sɪˈvɪərɪst]

美 [səˈvɪrəst]

adj.  极为恶劣的; 十分严重的; 严厉的; 重的; 苛刻的
severe的最高级

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

• Even the severest of World Bank critics like me think that economic growth is what we want.
  即便是像我这样最严厉的世行批评人士都认为，经济增长是我们所需要的。
• His conduct calls for the severest condemnation.
  他的行为有必要受到最严厉的惩办。
• The local government will not hesitate to take the severest measures against criminals.
  当地政府将毫不犹豫地采取最严厉的措施对付犯罪分子。
• 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。
• 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。
• The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.
  最严厉的法律有时会变成最大的不公。
• Plato, one of the Sophists severest critics viewed them as the enemies of all that was best in Hellenic culture.
  柏拉图，诡辩派职业哲学家最严厉的批评者之一，认为他们是古希腊文化所有精华的敌人。
• I was his severest critic.
  我是对他批评得最严厉的人。
• 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 death penalty, which deprives person's life, is the severest penalty. The most severe punishment a matriarch can dispense is exile from the house.
  死刑剥夺人的生命，是最严厉的刑罚。女族长所能判处的最重刑罚是流放。