詞彙精選：severe的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義：
adj.
嚴重的；劇烈的；凜冽
例句：
Severe damage witnessed the destructive force of the storm
嚴重的損害表明了暴風雨的破壞力。
嚴厲的；苛刻的(+with/on/upon)
例句：
She was a harsh mother and imposed severe discipline on her children.
她是位嚴厲的母親，用嚴格的紀律管束自己的孩子。
嚴格的；嚴密的
例句：
She was a harsh mother and imposed severe discipline on her children.
她是位嚴厲的母親，用嚴格的紀律管束自己的孩子。
例句：
We plan to dovetail these projects into very severe budgetary constraints.
我們計劃使這些項目符合極爲嚴格的預算限制規定。
嚴峻的；艱難的；激烈的
例句：
That Union we reached only by the discipline of our virtues, in the severe school of adversity。
我們經受嚴峻的磨練，堅持培養自己的美德，才得以形成這聯邦。
嚴肅的，正經的
例句：
His manner might have been called severe, though really it was more cultivated than austere
他的舉止可以說是很嚴肅的，雖然實際上說莊嚴還不如說文雅更妥切一些。
純潔的；樸素的
例句：
She wore a severe black dress.
她穿一件樸素的黑衣裙。
二、詞義辨析：
earnest,serious,grave,severe,solemn,sober
這些形容詞均有“嚴肅的”之意。earnest指嚴肅，認真，含誠懇和熱情意味。serious指具有關鍵、嚴肅或嚴重意義的事情。grave側重嚴肅和尊嚴，需要認真思考，含令人擔憂意味。severe指面孔的嚴肅，法律的嚴厲，傷病的嚴重。着重嚴厲性，無絲毫溫情。solemn指人表情或場景氣氛嚴肅，側重威嚴名印象深刻。sober側重因控制或抑制自己的感情而表現出的莊重。
三、參考例句：
His injuries were quite severe.
Zimbabwe has experienced severe inflation.
津巴布韋經歷了嚴重的通貨膨脹。
Darcy suffered from severe asthma.
達西深受嚴重的哮喘症的折磨。
His costly mistake resulted in severe loss.
他的嚴重的錯誤導致了重大的損失。
His mistake resulted in severe loss.
他的錯誤導致了重大的損失。
He's suffering from severe mental disorder.
他患有嚴重的精神病。
The premier came under severe criticism.
這位總理遭到嚴厲的抨擊。
The general had a severe manner.
那位將軍態度嚴肅。
His wife gave him a severe rating.
他的妻子嚴厲申斥他。
The pine trees defy severe cold.
松樹不畏嚴寒。
