"seriousness" in Chinese (Traditional)
嚴肅性
Definition
展現出認真、不開玩笑的特質;也用來表示事情的重要性或嚴重性。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))
多用於正式或中性情境。常見於“the seriousness of the problem”等詞組,強調事情的重要性或嚴重程度。不常用來描述人的個性(請用 serious)。與強調程度的 severity 有所不同。
Examples
We must understand the seriousness of this problem.
我們必須瞭解這個問題的**嚴肅性**。
The doctor spoke with seriousness about my health.
醫生非常有**嚴肅性**地談論了我的健康。
Her seriousness surprised everyone in the meeting.
她的**嚴肅性**讓會議上的每一個人都感到驚訝。
Don’t laugh—he said it with real seriousness.
別笑——他說得很有**嚴肅性**。
I underestimated the seriousness of her warning until it was too late.
我低估了她警告的**嚴重性**,直到為時已晚。
Sometimes a little humor is needed to balance all the seriousness at work.
有時候需要一些幽默來平衡工作上的**嚴肅性**。