stern
adj. 嚴厲的,嚴峻的; 堅定的,不動搖的; 嚴肅的
n. 船尾,艉; 末端; 斯坦恩,英語男子名
Stern words or actions are very severe.
Mr Straw issued a stern warning to those who persist in violence...
斯特勞先生向那些堅持進行暴力活動的人發出了嚴正警告。
He said stern measures would be taken against the killers...
他說將嚴懲兇手。
Someone who is stern is very serious and strict.
Her father was stern and hard to please.
她父親很苛刻,讓他滿意很難。
The stern of a boat is the back part of it.
If you say that someone is made of sterner stuff, you mean that they have a strong personality and are capable of overcoming difficulties and problems.
Whoever this woman is, she's made of sterner stuff than I am.
不管這個女人是誰,她都比我堅強。
1. the rear part of a ship
2. the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on;
1. of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect;
2. not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty;
3. severe and unremitting in making demands;
be made of sterner stuff
個性更堅強
the sterner sex
(古)[總稱]男性
On the trip Mrs Clinton brought her special envoy on climate change, Todd Stern.
在這次出訪中,克林頓夫人將她的氣候變化問題的特使託德.斯特恩帶在身邊.
I've read the book from stem to stern.
這本書我已從頭至尾讀完.
And there were wishes here, but never prow and stern.
既載人,也載夢想, 但範圍出不了船頭船尾.
He received a stern rebuke from his superior.
他受到上司的嚴厲斥責.
How eccentric he is . Under his cold and stern look, hides an enthusiastic heart.
他這個人真是古怪,冷麵孔下藏著一顆火熱的心.