severe /si'viә/

Meaning

English definition

• (adj.) intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality
• (adj.) unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment
• (adj.) very bad in degree or extent

Chinese translation

• a. 严格的, 尖锐的, 严肃的, 严重的, 严厉的, 朴素的
• [法] 严厉的, 苛刻的, 严重的

Word details

Part of speech

adjective

Pronunciation

/si'viә/

Syllables

2

Exam levels

Gaokao · CET-4 · CET-6 · Postgraduate exam · TOEFL · IELTS · GRE

Frequency

Zipf 4.56 · Rare

Word forms

severer, severest

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