stern
- IPA[stərn]
美式
- (of a person or their manner) serious and unrelenting, especially in the assertion of authority and exercise of discipline；(of an act or statement) strict and severe; using extreme measures or terms
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- 片語
形容詞
- 1. (of a person or their manner) serious and unrelenting, especially in the assertion of authority and exercise of discipline a smile transformed his stern face Mama looked stern 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ (of an act or statement) strict and severe; using extreme measures or terms stern measures to restrict growth of traffic 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ (of competition or opposition) putting someone or something under extreme pressure the past year has been a stern test of the ability of local industry
