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- stern [st3ːn]
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1.
adj
showing uncompromising or inflexible resolve; firm, strict, or authoritarian
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2.
adj
lacking leniency or clemency; harsh or severe
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3.
adj
relentless; unyielding
- the stern demands of parenthood
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4.
adj
having an austere or forbidding appearance or nature
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5.
adj
[Etymology]
Old English styrne; related to Old High German storn
e n to alarm, Latin sterna x stubborn, Greek stereos hard
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1.
adj
showing uncompromising or inflexible resolve; firm, strict, or authoritarian
- stern [st3ːn]
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1.
n
the rear or after part of a vessel, opposite the bow or stem
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2.
n
the rear part of any object
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3.
n
the tail of certain breeds of dog, such as the foxhound or beagle
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4.
adj
relating to or located at the stern
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5.
adj
[Etymology]
C13: from Old Norse stj
o rn steering; seesteer 1
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1.
n
the rear or after part of a vessel, opposite the bow or stem
Examples
- stern reality
- 严酷的现实 → stern
- a man made of stern stuff
- 性格严厉的人 → stuff
- a stern eye → eye
- the stern demands of parenthood → stern
- 板起面孔
- put on a stern expression → 面孔
- 他听了这句话，立刻拉下脸来。
- When he heard this, his expression became stern immediately. → 拉下脸
- 面色冷峻
- a grave and stern face → 冷峻
- 态度凛然
- stern in manner → 凛然
- 一副凛然不可侵犯的样子
- look stern and forbidding → 凛然
- 和蔼(严肃)的面孔
- a kind (stern) face → 面孔
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