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| 1 | bad or dangerous enough to make you worried 严重的；危险的 |
| The sale of the company will have serious implications for people’ s jobs. 出售公司会对职员的工作产生严重的影响。 |
| a serious problem/mistake It’ s not a serious problem – we should be able to fix it without too much trouble. 这个问题不严重，我们解决起来应该不会太麻烦。 |
| a serious illness/accident/injury a serious head injury 严重的头部受伤 |
| a serious crime/offence/threat An accident like this poses a serious threat to the environment. 像这样的事故对环境是个严重的威胁。 |
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| 2 | important and deserving attention 重要的；值得关注的 |
| This is an extremely serious matter. 这是件极其重要的事情。 |
| He has no serious competition for the post. 他在这个职位上不会遇到太大竞争。 |
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| 3 | meaning what you say or do , and not making a joke 认真严肃的；不开玩笑的 |
| I’ m sorry, I didn’ t realize you were being serious. 对不起，我不知道你是当真的。 |
| The police have made no serious attempt to address these issues. 警方还没有认真处理这些事情。 |
| +about I’ m not convinced they’ re serious about the deal. 我不能确信他们对这次交易是认真的。 |
| serious about doing sth Do you think Mike’ s serious about going to live in New Zealand? 你觉得迈克真的要去新西兰定居吗？ |
| deadly/dead (=completely) serious ‘Are you serious about leaving your job?’ ‘Dead serious.’ 绝对当真 |
| | 3a | used for telling someone that you think what they are saying is not sensible 严肃点儿；别开玩笑 | | Be serious! How would we pay for a holiday in the Bahamas? 你开什么玩笑！我们哪里有钱去巴哈马度假？ | | you can’ t be serious You can’ t be serious! You’ re actually going to lend him money again? 你不是当真吧！你真想再借钱给他？ | |
| | 3b | used for emphasizing that you mean what you say 我是说真的 | | I’ m serious. I don’ t ever want to see you again. 我是说真的。我再也不想见到你。 | |
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| 4 | careful and detailed 认真仔细的 |
| serious consideration/thought/discussion We’ ll have to give the situation some serious thought. 我们得认真考虑一下这个情况。 |
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| 5 | someone who is serious thinks carefully about things and does not laugh much （人）不苟言笑的 |
| Peter seems serious but he actually has a good sense of humour. 彼得看似不苟言笑，其实他很有幽默感。 |
| | 5a | appearing worried or upset 表情忧虑的；心事重重的 | | Is Mary all right? She looked a bit serious. 玛丽没事儿吧？她看上去有些忧郁。 | |
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| 6 | usually before noun dealing with important , complicated , or difficult ideas or subjects （题材）严肃的 |
| serious books/music 严肃的书籍/音乐 |
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| 7 | if you are in a serious romantic relationship with someone , you intend to stay together for a long time （恋爱中）态度认真的 |
| Is it getting serious with you and June, then? 那么你和琼真的开始谈恋爱了吗？ |
| a serious boyfriend/girlfriend/relationship He’ s never had a serious relationship with anyone. 他从来没和任何人认真地谈过恋爱。 |
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| 8 | involved in an activity in a way that shows you like it a lot and think it is important （对某一活动）热衷的 |
| My father is a serious runner. 我父亲是个跑步迷。 |
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| 9 | informal extreme , or large in amount 极多的；大量的 |
| We did some serious hiking last weekend. 上周末我们进行了很长的徒步旅行。 |
| It’ s time you made some serious money. 是你挣一大笔钱的时候了。 |
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| seriousness noun U |
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