基本释义
- adj.
- 严厉的，严峻的; 坚定的，不动摇的; 严肃的
- n.
- 船尾，艉; 末端; 斯坦恩，英语男子名
实用例句
a stern face/expression/look
严厉的面容 / 表情 / 目光
牛津词典
a stern warning
严厉的警告
牛津词典
Her voice was stern.
她声调严厉。
牛津词典
The police are planning sterner measures to combat crime.
警方正制订更严厉的措施打击犯罪活动。
牛津词典
We face stern opposition.
我们遇到激烈的反对。
牛津词典
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。
He said stern measures would be taken against the killers...
他说将严惩凶手。
Her father was stern and hard to please.
她父亲很苛刻，让他满意很难。
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。
On the trip Mrs Clinton brought her special envoy on climate change, Todd Stern.
在这次出访中,克林顿夫人将她的气候变化问题的特使托德.斯特恩带在身边.
期刊摘选
I've read the book from stem to stern.
这本书我已从头至尾读完.
辞典例句
And there were wishes here, but never prow and stern.
既载人,也载梦想, 但范围出不了船头船尾.
期刊摘选
He received a stern rebuke from his superior.
他受到上司的严厉斥责.
期刊摘选
How eccentric he is . Under his cold and stern look, hides an enthusiastic heart.
他这个人真是古怪,冷面孔下藏着一颗火热的心.
期刊摘选
Suddenly comes a voice so stern , ho , rebuke me as an unreasonable ghost.
忽有声之严严兮詈余以妄魂 ﹒.
期刊摘选
The manager's rebukes in loud voice and stern expression have made the clerks gathered in the out office start with alarm.
老板声色俱厉的责备把聚集在办公室外的职员们吓坏了.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
The stern mother has gained the upper hand of the family.
这位严厉的母亲掌管了全家.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
The judge was a stern, unapproachable man.
那位法官是个严肃 、 难以接近的人.
《简明英汉词典》
They are very stern in their discipline.
他们的训练极为严格.
《简明英汉词典》
It is placed in the stern of a boat.
它被放在船尾.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
The ship was in a blaze from stem to stern.
整艘船从头到尾都着火了.
《简明英汉词典》
Though he looks stern, he has his heart in the right place.
他看起来严厉, 可是心眼儿不错.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
They searched the ship from stem to stern , looking for the missing suitcase.
他们对船进行了彻底的搜索, 寻找那只遗失的手提箱.
《简明英汉词典》
Even one minute's lateness would earn a stern rebuke.
哪怕迟到一分钟也将受到严厉的斥责.
《简明英汉词典》
The profession of medicine is a stern taskmaster.
医生这个职业总要求其从事者承担繁重的任务.
《简明英汉词典》
The caution is stern.
警戒森严.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
He was a stern critic but an extremely kindly man.
他是个苛刻的批评家，但却是个非常善良的人。
柯林斯例句
真题例句
Tina stern received rides from Wilson for all her four years in college, and the trips meant much more to her than just free transportation.
2019年高考英语北京卷 完形填空 原文If the bar exam is truly a stern enough test for a would-be lawyer, those who can sit it earlier should be allowed to do so.
出自-2014年考研阅读原文英英释义
1. the rear part of a ship
2. the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on;
"he deserves a good kick in the butt"
"are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"
1. of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect;
"an austere expression"
"a stern face"
2. not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty;
"grim determination"
"grim necessity"
"Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty"
"relentless persecution"
"the stern demands of parenthood"
3. severe and unremitting in making demands;
"an exacting instructor"
"a stern disciplinarian"
"strict standards"