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

• 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。
• 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。
• "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。
• 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。
• "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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He spoke sternly to Harry london.
  他用严峻的口吻对哈里？伦敦说。
• 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。