stern
stern 英 [stɜ:n] 美 [stɜrn]
adj. 严厉的；严峻的
名词复数:sterns
- You know when you've done something really wrong, and the person who gets you in trouble has that unforgiving look on his face? The best word for that look is stern, meaning "strict" or "severe."
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- adj. 严厉的；严峻的
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1. a stern face, a stern expression, a stern look
严厉的面容╱表情╱目光
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2. a stern warning
严厉的警告
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3. Her voice was stern.
她声调严厉。
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4. 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。
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5. We face stern opposition.
我们遇到激烈的反对。
- stern (adj.) Old English styrne "severe, strict, grave, hard, cruel," from Proto-Germanic *sternjaz (source also of Middle High German sterre, German starr "stiff," störrig "obstinate;" Gothic andstaurran "to be stiff;" Old Norse stara; Old English starian "to look or gaze upon"), from PIE root *ster- (1) "stiff." Related: Sternly; sternness.
- stern (n.) early 13c., "hind part of a ship; steering gear of a ship," probably from a Scandinavian source, such as Old Norse stjorn "a steering," related to or derived from styra "to guide" (see steer (v.)). Or the word may come from Old Frisian stiarne "rudder," which also is related to steer (v.). Stern-wheeler as a type of steam-boat is from 1855, American English.
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