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单词 seriousness
释义
seriousness
noun[U]
uk
/ˈsɪə.ri.əs.nəs/us
/ˈsɪr.i.əs.nəs/

seriousnessnoun[U](BAD)

thestateof being verybadorsevere:
严重；恶劣
I don'tthinkhe has anyideaof the seriousness of thesituation.我认为他一点儿也不明白形势的严峻性。
Synonyms
gravity(SERIOUS)
severity(SERIOUS)
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Importance - general words
  • centre of gravity
  • cornerstone
  • criticality
  • focus
  • grandness
  • gravitas
  • overfocus
  • pertinence
  • pre-eminence
  • precedence
  • proportion
  • salience
  • status
  • supremacy
  • transcendence
  • urgency
  • value
  • weight
  • weightage
  • worth
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seriousnessnoun[U](NOT JOKING)

thestateof beingserious,ratherthanintendingto befunny:
严肃；认真
In allseriousness now(= I am now beingseriousand nolongerjoking), I dothinkthere's aproblemhere that we need tostraightenout.现在说正经的——我确实认为这儿有个问题我们得解决。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Lacking humour
  • be no laughing matteridiom
  • beyond
  • beyond a jokeidiom
  • earnestly
  • earnestness
  • intense
  • joke
  • lightly
  • mirthlessly
  • overearnest
  • poker-faced
  • soberly
  • solemnity
  • sombreness
  • starchy
  • turgid
  • turgidity
  • turgidly
  • ultra-serious
  • unamusing
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(Definition ofseriousnessfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

seriousness| American Dictionary

seriousness
noun[U]
us
/ˈsɪr·i·əs·nəs/
thequalityorstateof beingseriousorsevereineffect:
I don’tthinkhe has anyideaof the seriousness of thesituation.
(Definition ofseriousnessfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofseriousness

seriousness
Without denying theseriousnessof the environmental crisis, he wants to contribute to its overcoming by reminding us of the richness of this pre-modern heritage.
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A woman who removed the device may not admit it or report it as an expulsion; she may exaggerate theseriousnessof a side effect.
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The rhythm guitar plays a flamenco-like rhythm, simultaneously referencing the mock highseriousnessand the drumming feet of the flamenco dancer.
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However, during other episodes or parts thereof the performers intentionally subverted the 'seriousnessand compulsion for precision', as though to ridicule or laugh at themselves.
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All of which reinforced their belief in itsseriousness.
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Three overlapping frameworks help to explain why individuals have certain perceptions about theseriousnessof type 2 diabetes.
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What is considered in this paper are the implications of perceptions ofseriousnesson initiatives for early detection.
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Such is theseriousnessof the situation that the same pattern is now being reproduced in other institutions of higher learning.
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In allseriousness, however, should we or shouldn't we (?'should not we', ?'should we not') begin sentences with conjunctions, whether in speech or writing?
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The delinquents were categorized on a somewhat idiosyncratic four-point scale ofseriousnessof the worst recorded offence.
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The increasingseriousnesswith which premillenialism was taken implied an obsession with violence.
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He is weaker, however, in asserting that this sameseriousnesspoints to the music's lack of function.
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Paradoxically, the fullseriousnessof the story's engagement with the uncanny and the repressed is released only when it is read as parody.
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Officials failed to anticipate itsseriousnessand when evidence trickled in of urban joblessness, they downplayed its significance.
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Their article, which includes highly poignant and well-observed case studies, demonstrates theseriousnessof the problems encountered.
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Collocationswithseriousness

seriousness

These are words often used in combination withseriousness.

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degree of seriousness
At whatdegreeofseriousnessdoes legal trouble become crime?
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great seriousness
The hypothesis of multiple religious ends impels us to take the testimony of the traditions and their believers withgreatseriousness.
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high seriousness
The rhythm guitar plays a flamenco-like rhythm, simultaneously referencing the mockhighseriousnessand the drumming feet of the flamenco dancer.
From theCambridge English Corpus
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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