harshness

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n.  严肃；刺耳；粗糙的事物；酸涩性

复数：harshnesses　

TOEFL

BNC.18654 / COCA.20513

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED （气候或条件）艰苦的，恶劣的，严峻的
  Harshclimates or conditions are very difficult for people, animals, and plants to live in.
  1. The weather grew harsh, chilly and unpredictable.
     天气变得恶劣、寒冷且变化莫测。
  2. ...the harsh desert environment.
     恶劣的沙漠环境
  3. ...after the harsh experience of the war.
     经历了严酷的战争之后
• ADJ-GRADED （言行）严厉的，无情的
  Harshactions or speech are unkind and show no understanding or sympathy.
  1. ...the cold, harsh cruelty of her husband...
     她丈夫冷酷无情的残忍
  2. He said many harsh and unkind things about his opponents.
     他以尖刻恶毒的语言大肆抨击自己的对手。
• ADJ-GRADED 粗陋的;刺目的;粗糙的
  Something that isharshis so hard, bright, or rough that it seems unpleasant or harmful.
  1. Tropical colours may look rather harsh in our dull northern light.
     热带色彩在我们北方暗淡的光线下可能显得有点刺目。
  2. ...harsher detergents that can leave hair brittle.
     会让发质变脆弱的刺激性较强的洗发水
• ADJ-GRADED （声音）刺耳的，难听的
  Harshvoices and sounds are ones that are rough and unpleasant to listen to.
  1. It's a pity she has such a loud harsh voice.
     可惜她的嗓门太大太难听了。
• ADJ-GRADED （现实、真相）残酷的，无情的
  If you talk aboutharshrealities or facts, or theharshtruth, you are emphasizing that they are true or real, although they are unpleasant and people try to avoid thinking about them.
  1. The harsh truth is that luck plays a big part in who will live or die.
     残酷的事实是，谁死谁活在很大程度上要靠运气。

英英释义

noun

• excessive sternness
  1. severity of character
  2. the harshness of his punishment was inhuman
  3. the rigors of boot camp
  Synonym:severityseverenessrigorrigourrigorousnessrigourousnessinclemencyhardnessstiffness
• the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance
  Synonym:crueltycruelness
• the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions
  Synonym:abrasivenessscratchiness
• the quality of being unpleasant (harsh or rough or grating) to the senses
  Synonym:roughness

双语例句

• Think you already realize that punishment does not always produce good children, many times harshness produces maladjusted children.
  我想你已经意识到惩罚并总培养出好孩子，很多时候严厉导致小孩失调。
• And thoroughly renounce, the harshness of my language.
  并且为我的言语完全悔过。
• This harshness and detachment is something I've always desired in my work, and my shows are getting cooler and cooler.
  这种严肃感和超然是我一直想要我的作品达到的境界，我的画展也是一次比一次酷了。
• A second topic of his scientific work is focussing on the Noise, Vibration and Harshness ( NVH) behaviour of vehicles.
  其在科研工作中关注的第二个主题是汽车的噪声、振动和舒适性（NVH）状况。
• The noise of the trains stopping or rounding curves has a high-pitchinged harshness that is difficult to describe.
  列车停止和转弯时发出的噪音之尖锐刺耳实在让人无法描述。
• She burst into tears, stung by the harshness of his words.
  他那番严厉无情的话让她伤心得大哭起来。
• The world of the werewolves is harsh, yet this harshness provides contrast to great acts of sacrifice and heroism.
  狼人世界是严苛的，即使这样的严苛孕育了伟大的牺牲精神和英雄主义。
• The secular poetry includes the national epic poem, Beowulf, and a number of short lyrical poems which evoke the Anglo-Saxon of the harshness of circumstance and the sadness of the human lot.
  《贝奥武甫》以及其他众多的短篇抒情诗，但他们唤起了盎格鲁-萨克森人对环境的严酷及人类命运的不幸的感知。
• And the individuals setting and marking exams know that harshness may mean fewer candidates in future.
  设置试题的人也知道题目过难可能会导致很多学校在将来的选举中落选。
• Constantly identified with the harshness of moral yearnings, concern for the integrity of beings is painfully demonstrated.
  由于不断地认同与道德渴望的严酷，对于人类尊严的关心，令人痛苦地被证实。