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单词 serious
释义
serious ★★★
ADJ  
/ˈsɪəriəs/
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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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

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。

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。

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。

DERIVED WORD
seriousness  noun   U 
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