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单词 severity
释义
severity
noun[U]
uk
/sɪˈver.ə.ti/us
/səˈver.ə.t̬i/

severitynoun[U](SERIOUS)

C2
seriousness:
严重
Even thedoctorswereshockedby the severityofhisinjuries.连医生也对他伤势的严重程度感到震惊。
I don'tthinkyouquiteunderstandthe severityofourfinancialproblems.我认为你还不太了解我们财务问题的严重程度。
Synonyms
gravity(SERIOUS)
seriousness(BAD)
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Serious and severe
  • acutely
  • acuteness
  • catastrophic
  • critical
  • critically
  • dire
  • egregious
  • fatal
  • grave
  • heaviness
  • non-fatal
  • non-serious
  • seriously
  • severe
  • severely
  • stiff
  • stringent
  • terminal
  • toughness
  • utmost
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severitynoun[U](NOT KIND)

thequalityof being veryunkindorunpleasant:
严厉，苛刻
Hespokewithgreatseverity.他说话口气非常严厉。
The severityofthepunishmentshouldmatchtheseriousnessof thecrime.惩罚的严厉程度应同所犯罪行的轻重相当。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Severe
  • an iron hand/fist in a velvet gloveidiom
  • austere
  • austerely
  • authoritarian
  • be heavy onsomeoneidiom
  • brutally
  • flaming
  • harsh
  • iron
  • nonsense
  • not stand any nonsenseidiom
  • pitiless
  • rigorously
  • sharp
  • sharpness
  • stern
  • sternly
  • sternness
  • stiffly
  • strict
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Serious and severe

severitynoun[U](PLAIN)

plainness
简洁；单纯
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Severe
  • an iron hand/fist in a velvet gloveidiom
  • austere
  • austerely
  • authoritarian
  • be heavy onsomeoneidiom
  • brutally
  • flaming
  • harsh
  • iron
  • nonsense
  • not stand any nonsenseidiom
  • pitiless
  • rigorously
  • sharp
  • sharpness
  • stern
  • sternly
  • sternness
  • stiffly
  • strict
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(Definition ofseverityfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

severity| American Dictionary

severity
noun[U]
us
/səˈver·ɪ·t̬i/
thequalityof being veryunkindorunpleasant:
The severity of hercommentssurprisedeveryone.
thequalityof beingextremelypainful,difficult, etc.:
You can’timaginethe severity of theheathere during thesummer.
(Definition ofseverityfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofseverity

severity
The diseases appear to represent different severities or stages of the same disease process, although this is not completely certain.
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We assumed that, in one sense, age could be seen as reflecting theseverityof the disorder.
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Environmental and demographic factors can be strongly correlated with diseaseseverity[38].
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In contrast, downward price rigidity exacerbates theseverityof recessionary conditions on real output.
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How do social capital, economic security and other relevant independent variables relate to theseverityof institutional confidence and opposition support ?
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A brief cognitive test, a diagnostic tool and aseverityscale should meet most demands.
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At the end of the interview, the interviewer is asked to place the subject into one of six vignette-based categories of medicalseverity.
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Furthermore, increasingseverityof dependence is related to increased psychological and psychiatric problems, and treatment for these additional problems improves prognosis.
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Severityof vascular dementia is related to volume of metabolically impaired tissue.
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Different conditions might be at differing levels ofseverity.
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Within the standardized tasks, varying difficulty levels may be offered to permit a degree of adaptation to different degrees ofseverityof cognitive impairment.
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The disease tends to increase inseverityin subsequent generations (anticipation) as a result of instability and increasing size of the underlying mutation.
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Theseverityof pain over the past four weeks and its effect on mood and behaviours is covered by 12 self-report items.
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Such patients had a high prevalence andseverityof positive psychotic symptoms and lower scores on a scale of neurological abnormalities.
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Management of faecal incontinence will depend on the result of the initial evaluation, the patient's characteristics and the type andseverityof incontinence.
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Collocationswithseverity

severity

These are words often used in combination withseverity.

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degree of severity
It seems hard to escape the conclusion that the two groups had the same underlying impairment but a differentdegreeofseverity.
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increased severity
The activation or exacerbation of selfbeliefs is likely to lead to the earlier occurrence and increased severity (intensity and duration) of seasonal depression.
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increasing severity
Over time, the lack of fertiliser impacted withincreasingseverityon the yields of plantations already suffering from the effects of fuel shortages.
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