0 causing very great pain, difficulty, worry, damage, etc.; very serious:
This is a school for children with severe learning difficulties.
1 not kind or showing sympathy; not willing to accept other people's mistakes or failures:
2 completely plain and without decoration:
3 causing great pain, difficulty, damage, etc.; very serious:
a severe earthquake
The family faced severe challenges when he lost his job.
4 not kind or sympathetic; harsh:
severe criticism
They confessed, but only under severe constraint.
The latest trade figures have dealt a severe blow to hopes of an early economic recovery.
The stock market crash marked the start of a severe depression.
In cases of severe mental handicap, constant supervision is recommended.
Lower intake of medication might be expected to cause more severe psychotic symptoms.
Patients assigned to the ' generalized eating disorder ' cluster were rated as having more severe symptoms in almost every respect except weight.
Rate of taper could be slowed once for every 3-day decrement if re-emergent symptoms were too severe for patients to go on.
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非常嚴重的, 劇烈的, 慘重的…
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非常严重的, 剧烈的, 惨重的…
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grave, duro, severo…
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grave, duro, severo…
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ひどい, 重症の, 厳しい…
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çok kötü, ağır, ciddi…
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sévère, sérieux/-euse, grave…
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fort, greu, sever…
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