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

• The newspapers called for the severest punishment of the man who had killed king.
  报界一致要求严惩杀害金的凶手。
• The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.
  最严厉的法律有时会变成最大的不公。
• In times of severest trial God has made to us our calling and election plain, and we have made it sure: then have we chosen the LORD to be our God, and He has shown that we are assuredly His chosen.
  所以，这就是我们的情况，在许多考虑来临之际，上帝清楚显明祂的拣选与呼召，而我们也再次肯定自己的抉择，上帝就是我们的主。
• 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。
• She was put through the severest tortures, but not a word could the enemy wring from her.
  她受尽了酷刑，但敌人没能从她嘴里压出一句话。
• For, though your accusations were ill-founded, formed on mistaken premises, my behaviour to you at the time had merited the severest reproof.
  虽然你的指斥都没有根据，都是听到人家以讹传讹，可是我那次对你的态度，实在应该受到最严厉的责备。
• 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。
• This summer, our country faced the test of our severest floods in a century.
  今年夏天，国家发生了百年不遇的特大洪水灾害。
• Cora's her own severest critic.
  科拉对自己要求最严格。
• The drought trend in autumn was the severest, and the probability of light drought was the largest in winter and spring.
  秋季青海省干旱化倾向最为严重，冬春季出现轻旱几率最大。