形 tight，rigorous，strict，severe；名 father，a surname ；

[例句] 前门锁上了，所有窗户都关严了。 The front door is locked and all the windows are firmly shut.

[例句] 他把帘子拉严，转身把门锁好。 He pulled the drapes shut, locked the door behind him.

strict，rigorous，rigid，stringent ；

[例句] 每条连衣裙都缝上了褶边，并经过严格的检查，不允许有任何瑕疵。 Each dress is hemmed and scrupulously checked for imperfections.

[例句] 他通过严格控制公共开支保持预算平衡。 He balanced his budgets by rigid control over public expenditure.

serious，grave，grievous，critical，graveness ；

[例句] 我们正在经历现代最严重的一段经济衰退。 We are in one of the most severe recessions in modern times.

[例句] 前锋艾伦·史密斯两次严重失误，将球射偏。 Striker Alan Smith was guilty of two glaring misses.

tight，close，tidy，narrow，rigor ；

[例句] 水箱和屋顶都需要敷设严密的保温层。 Water tanks should be well lagged and the roof well insulated.

[例句] 从防守高度严密的监狱的集体越狱 a mass breakout from a top security prison

serious，solemn，sober，grave，harshness ；

[例句] 要求忠诚意味着你想发展一段严肃认真的恋爱关系。 Wanting fidelity implies you're thinking about a major relationship.

[例句] 这本书的笔调有些时候太不严肃了。 The tone of the book is sometimes too flip.

solemn，dignified，stately，awfulness，grandeur ；

[例句] 鼓和铙钹奏出了庄严的节奏。 Drums and cymbals beat out a solemn rhythm.

[例句] 罗马圣彼得大教堂的雄伟庄严 the sheer majesty of St Peter's in Rome

harsh，bitter，severe，grim，asperity ；

[例句] 被拘留者的关押环境常常恶劣严酷、很不人道。 The detainees are often held in cruel and inhuman conditions.

[例句] 他找到了懂得用狂欢来冲淡战争的严酷的志趣相投的军官。 He found congenial officers who knew how to leaven war's rigours with riotous enjoyment.

stern，severe ；

[例句] 如果道格拉斯对戴尔太过严厉，他就会反抗。 If Douglas came down hard enough on him, Dale would rebel.

[例句] 该机构因对飓风反应迟缓，受到严厉批评。 The agency was heavily criticised for its tardy response to the hurricane.

punish severely，chastise，throw the book at，trounce，[电影]American Cannibale；

[例句] 他可能会逃脱严惩，仅仅罚一点钱了事。 He is likely to get off with a small fine.

[例句] 法律应当严惩浪费能源的公司。 The law should impose penalties on companies that use energy wastefully.

stern，severe，rigorous，grim，austerity ；

[例句] 由于资源的减少，大学正面临严峻的问题。 Universities are facing grave problems because of diminishing resources.

[例句] 我有限的外交手腕儿受到了极其严峻的考验。 My limited diplomatic skills were tested to the utmost.

strict，rigorous，compact，well-knit，preciseness ；

[例句] 严肃、严谨、倔强的他同时又冷漠、多疑、敏感、不会变通。 Formal, exact and obstinate, he was also cold, suspicious, touchy and tactless.

[例句] 我有着清教徒般严谨的一面。 There'sa puritanical side to me.

dignified，stately，majestic，awe-inspiring，stateliness ；

[例句] 洛维特是个威严的高个男人，蓄着灰白的八字胡。 Lovett was a tall, commanding man with a waxed gray mustache.

[例句] 他端坐在那里，浑身透着王者的威严。 He sat with such regal dignity.

dignity，honour，reverence，sanctity，venerability ；

[例句] 我们当然想为英国网球挽回一些尊严。 We definitely wanted to salvage some pride for British tennis.

[例句] 他凭借超乎常人的保持生命尊严的信念和顽强意志力忍受着各种病痛的折磨。 He suffered a long series of illnesses with tremendous dignity and fortitude.

severe，sharp，stringent，crucial，acrimonious ；

[例句] 作为对此的回应，总统对批评者们给予了严厉的抨击。 The president responded to this with a blistering attack on his critics.

[例句] 根据希腊严厉的反毒品法律，他们将面临20年监禁。 Under Greece's stiff anti-drugs laws they could face twenty years in jail.

enforce martial law，impose a curfew，cordon off an area ；

strict，rigid，rigorous，severe，cast-iron ；

[例句] 每条连衣裙都缝上了褶边，并经过严格的检查，不允许有任何瑕疵。 Each dress is hemmed and scrupulously checked for imperfections.

[例句] 菜单每周都有变化，通常包含可供严格的素食者选择的菜肴。 The menu changes weekly and usually includes a vegan option.

serious，severe，critical，fearful，bad ；

[例句] 我们正在经历现代最严重的一段经济衰退。 We are in one of the most severe recessions in modern times.

[例句] 她患上严重的心脏病后安装了心脏起搏器。 She was fitted with a pacemaker after suffering serious heart trouble.

grimly，sternly，straitly，strictly，austerely ；

[例句] 她的观念比较保守，有时过于严格地奉行纪律。 She has some old-fashioned values and can be a strict disciplinarian.

[例句] 他严格地坚持节食，减了差不多20磅。 He had maintained a rigid diet, shedding some twenty pounds.

roundly，sharply，sternly，with a heavy hand，rigorously ；

[例句] 他接着严厉地斥责了几位前任领导者。 He then launched a scathing attack on previous leaders.

[例句] 船长就安全问题严厉地训斥了我们一顿。 Our captain gave us a stern lecture on safety.

strictly forbid [prohabit] ；

[例句] 队长把“严禁吸烟”的标志牌都翻了过来。 The captain turned out the "no smoking" signs.

[例句] 严禁酒后驾车 a clampdown on drinking and driving