of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect
not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
severe and unremitting in making demands
severely simple
造句
用作形容詞(adj.)
The police are planning sterner measures to combat crime. 警方正制訂更嚴厲的措施打擊犯罪活動。
The colder and sterner brother continued to gaze at me, till the trouble he had excited forced out tears as well as color. 比較冷靜和嚴厲的哥哥卻還繼續盯著我，直到他激起的不安逼得我不僅臉紅而且流出了眼淚。