seriously
adverb
uk/ˈsɪə.ri.əs.li/us/ˈsɪr.i.əs.li/seriouslyadverb(BADLY)
B1
badlyorseverely:
严重地；恶劣地Badlycookedshellfishcan make you seriouslyill.烹调不当的贝类会让你严重不适。
He wasn't seriouslyinjured- he just got a fewcutsandbruises.他伤得不重——只是有些划伤和淤伤。
- I seriouslythinkshe'll gocrazyif she doesn't have aholidaysoon.
- I would seriouslyconsidermovingif I had achild.
- Are you seriouslytellingme that youthinkyou'refat?
- No but seriously, I wouldn'tworryabout that if I were you.
- She isn't seriouslythinkingoftellinghim, is she?
Serious and severe
- acutely
- acuteness
- catastrophic
- chronic
- critical
- critically
- dire
- egregious
- fatal
- grave
- heaviness
- non-fatal
- non-serious
- severe
- severely
- stringent
- terminal
- terminally
- toughness
- utmost
seriouslyadverb(NOT JOKING)
B2
in aseriousway, notjoking:
严肃地；认真地Seriously now, did he really say that or are you just beingsilly?现在说正经的，他真的这么说，还是你在瞎编？
You're not seriouslythinkingofleaving, are you?你不是真的要离开吧，啊？
Lacking humour
- be no laughing matteridiom
- beyond
- beyond a jokeidiom
- earnestly
- earnestness
- intense
- lightly
- mirthlessly
- overearnest
- poker-faced
- sober
- soberly
- solemnity
- sombreness
- starchy
- turgid
- turgidity
- turgidly
- ultra-serious
- unamusing
seriouslyadverb(NEEDING ATTENTION)
takesomeone/somethingseriously
B2
toconsideraperson,subject, orsituationto beimportantordangerousandworthyourattentionorrespect:
认真考虑；郑重对待Thepolicehave to take anyterroristthreatseriously.警方必须认真对待任何恐怖分子的威胁。
You don't take anything seriously, do you? It's all onebigjoketo you.你拿什么事都不当真，是吗？对你来说，什么都是儿戏。
She'ssickof beingseenas asexsymbolandwantsto be taken seriously as anactress.她讨厌被人当成性感偶像，想让人认真地把她当成女演员。
Theseyoungactorstake themselvesso seriously!这些年轻演员太把自己当回事了！
- You don't take me seriously any more!
- We have to takecomplaintslike this very seriously.
- We take thissortof thing very seriouslyindeed.
- Doctors will always take thissymptomseriously.
- I wasjoking- don't take me so seriously!
Very important or urgent
- all-important
- at all cost(s)idiom
- be a matter of life and/or deathidiom
- cardinal
- chief
- co-principal
- life-and-death
- life-changing
- mainly
- major league
- make the world go around/roundidiom
- meaningful
- pressing
- prized
- prominent
- radical
- revalorization
- revalorize
- sacred
- subtle
seriouslyadverb(EXTREMELY)
informal
very:
很，非常They do some seriously gooddessertsthere.他们那儿做的甜点很棒。
Thatboyis seriouslystupid.那个男孩愚蠢极了。
Linguistics: very & extreme
- abjectly
- abundantly
- beyond
- biblical
- blankly
- completely
- desperately
- extreme
- highly
- positive
- rank
- raving
- smack
- spectacularly
- such
- terrible
- terribly
- unutterably
- veritably
- wonderfully