詞彙精選:serious的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義:
adj.
嚴肅的,認真的
例句:
I find it difficult to talk to you about anything serious.
我覺得很難同你談任何嚴肅的事。
例句:
Let's have a serious talk about your future.
讓我們認真談一談你的未來。
嚴重的;危急的
例句:
There has been serious pollution since industrialization.
自從工業化以來就有了嚴重的污染。
例句:
The government still face very serious difficulties.
政府仍然面臨着非常嚴峻的困難。
重要的
例句:
I regard this as a serious matter.
我認爲這件事很重要。
例句:
Don't laugh boy. This is serious.
小夥子,別笑,這很重要。
莊重的
例句:
He's quite a serious person.
他是一個非常莊重的人。
例句:
Though he is young, he speaks in a serious way.
這個人雖然年輕,但說話的神情很莊重。
二、詞義辨析:
earnest,serious,grave,severe,solemn,sober
這些形容詞均有“嚴肅的”之意。earnest指嚴肅,認真,含誠懇和熱情意味。serious指具有關鍵、嚴肅或嚴重意義的事情。grave側重嚴肅和尊嚴,需要認真思考,含令人擔憂意味。severe指面孔的嚴肅,法律的嚴厲,傷病的嚴重。着重嚴厲性,無絲毫溫情。solemn指人表情或場景氣氛嚴肅,側重威嚴名印象深刻。sober側重因控制或抑制自己的感情而表現出的莊重。
三、參考例句:
Our error was serious.
我們的錯誤是嚴重的。
Why so serious
何必這麼嚴肅認真呢?
Drug-smuggling is a serious crime.
走私毒品是嚴重的罪行。
I regard this as a serious matter.
我認爲這件事很重要。
It is a job requiring serious application.
這是一項需要非常勤奮的工作。
There has been serious pollution since industrialization.
自從工業化以來就有了嚴重的污染。
Don't worry!It's nothing serious!
別擔心!沒什麼大事!
Blindness is a very serious disability.
失明是非常嚴重的殘疾。
He's quite a serious person.
他是一個非常莊重的人。
These students are in serious financial straits.
這些學生經濟上十分困難。