of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect
not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
severe and unremitting in making demands
severely simple
双语例句
用作形容词 (adj.)
The police are planning sterner measures to combat crime. 警方正制订更严厉的措施打击犯罪活动。
The colder and sterner brother continued to gaze at me, till the trouble he had excited forced out tears as well as color. 比较冷静和严厉的哥哥却还继续盯着我，直到他激起的不安逼得我不仅脸红而且流出了眼泪。
