英语释义

• of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect;

  "an austere expression"

  "a stern face"

• the rear part of a ship

• not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty;

  "grim determination"

  "grim necessity"

  "Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty"

  "relentless persecution"

  "the stern demands of parenthood"

• severe and unremitting in making demands;

  "an exacting instructor"

  "a stern disciplinarian"

  "strict standards"

• the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on;

  "he deserves a good kick in the butt"

  "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"

片语

from stem to stern完全；从头到尾

Bert Stern斯特恩

Howard Stern霍华德·斯特恩

Thierry Stern泰瑞·斯登

stern shaft尾轴

Joanna Stern斯特恩

Daniel SternDaniel Stern (January 18, 1928–January 24, 2007) was a Jewish American novelist, and Professor of English in the University of Houston creative writing program.

Stern Report斯特恩报告

Stern layer[物化] 腹层

stern tube轴管

Lawrence Stern斯特恩

英汉例句

• now it takes a stern soul to resist the temptation to check the headlines at least once while you「re away.

  现在，谁要是在出差的时候，能忍住诱惑一次去也不去点那些标题，那他可真够意志坚定的。

• i looked at her with a stern look，backward steps，and then turned to run away.

  我用坚定的眼神看着她，往后退出几步，然后转身跑走了。

• those arguments in favour of coalition rule now face a stern test.

  这些支持联合政府的言论，现在面临着严峻考验。

• in the same stern tone, he pressed the palestinians to reject violence and said that arab states must stop using the conflict 「to distract」 their people from other problems.

  他以同样严峻的口吻要求巴勒斯坦人摈弃暴力，表示阿拉伯国家必须停止利用这一沖突「分散」本国民众对其他（严重）问题的注意力。

• father looked stern at us for a while, then we went to go and watch him hunt.

  父亲用严厉的眼神看了我们一会儿，然后我们就外出看父亲打猎去了。

• another is to shape the vessel’s stern in a way that stops air being sucked into the propeller, where it would reduce thrust by lessening the propeller’s grip on the water.

  另一种方法是改变船尾的形状以阻止船底的气泡被吸入推进器，因为气泡会减少推进器与水之间的摩擦从而降低推进力。

• if the euro zone were an old-fashioned family, germany would be the stern father telling his wayward children to go to bed early and not to spend all their pocket money at once.

  如果欧元区是个老式家庭，德国将是那个严厉的父亲，告诉他任性的孩子们早点上床睡觉、不要一下子花光他们的零花钱。

• that may unsettle the west—china has pushed aside britain as africa’s most important single trading partner—but it also offers a stern challenge to factories in south africa and elsewhere.

  这可能会让西方感到不安：中国已取代英国，成为非洲最重要的一个贸易伙伴。 与此同时，中国也对设在南非和其他地，的工厂形成严峻挑战。

• but he still stood steadily at the stern like a statue.

  但他仍然稳定的站在船尾，仿佛一座雕像。

• the policy of engagement with iran launched by the obama administration now took on a stern aspect.

  奥巴马政府发起的与伊朗沟通的政策正在向严厉的方向发展。

• this is done by pumping fluid towards the bow, which pitches it down for a dive, or sending it towards the stern to point the nose up when ascending.

  这通过将液体抽向船首来完成，这将使它的头部下沉，或者当上升时把液体抽向船尾让船首上翘。

• the eagle was chosen because it was a symbol of the u.s., but the designers felt he had to appeal to children, so the eagle」s stern visage was transformed into a cuddly, patriotic eagle.

  这只鹰之所以被选中是因为它是美国的象征，但设计者认为它必须能吸引孩子们，因此本应具有严峻面容的鹰被转化成了憨态可鞠的爱国之鹰。

• the great black forest- stern as it showed itself to those who brought the guilt and troubles of the world into its bosom- became the playmate of the lonely infant, as well as it knew how.

  那座阴森森的大树林——对那些把世间的罪孽和烦恼都装进胸扉的人们来说，虽然显得那么严厉，但却成了那孤独的幼儿的玩伴，而且懂得怎么陪着她玩。

• a half-civilized ferocity lurked yet in the depressed brows and eyes full of black fire, but it was subdued; and his manner was even dignified: quite divested of roughness, though too stern for grace.

  一种半开化的野性还潜伏在那凹下的眉毛和那充满了黑黑的火焰的眼睛里，但是已经被克制住了。他的举止简直是庄重，不带一点粗野，然而严峻有余，文雅不足。

• spotz faces the stern and straps her feet into shoes bolted to a board in the footwell.

  在划船时，斯伯茨面对着船尾，她的脚绑缚在用螺栓栓在船板上的鞋子里。

• through the evergreens swaying in the breeze she was watching the couple lounging in the enclosed stern of the large boat tied up to the dock nearby.

  透过微风中摇弋的常青树枝叶，她看着一对坐懒散地斜倚在密封式船尾的夫妇。这艘船很大，船就拴在附近的船坞上。

相似词

hard努力的；硬的；困难的；辛苦的；确实的；严厉的；猛烈的；冷酷无情的

harsh(Harsh) 哈什（人名）

austere严峻的；简朴的；苦行的；无装饰的

exacting逼取；急需（exact的ing形式）

stringent严格的；严厉的；紧缩的；短缺的

strict严格的；绝对的；精确的；详细的

severe严峻的；严厉的；剧烈的；苛刻的

firmad 坚信；坚持；稳固地

相反词

bow弓；蝴蝶结；琴弓；船头

gentle蛆，饵