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 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。
• 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。
• The policeman stared at the criminal sternly.
  警察目光炯炯地逼视着犯罪分子。
• 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？
• "peter," he sternly admonished peter, his student.
  “彼得，”他严厉地训诫他的学生彼得道。
• "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。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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？
• "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。