serious是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 severe in effect; bad -- 嚴重的；糟糕的

  • a serious illness 嚴重的疾病

  • There were no reports of serious injuries. 沒有接到有人重傷的報告。

  • The new tax regulations have landed some of the smaller companies in serious trouble. 新的納稅規定使一些較小的公司陷入嚴重的困境。

  • Drugs have become a serious problem in a lot of schools. 吸毒在許多學校已經成了很嚴重的問題。

  • This is a very serious offence. 這是非常嚴重的違法行爲。

  • He's been taken to hospital where his condition is described as serious but stable. 他被送到了醫院，醫生說他病情嚴重但是穩定。

• 1 not joking or intended to be funny -- 嚴肅的，認真的

  • Please don't laugh - I'm being serious. 請不要笑——我是認真的。

  • He was wearing a very serious expression and I knew something was wrong. 他一臉嚴肅，我就知道出問題了。

  • On the surface it's a very funny novel but it does have a more serious underlying theme. 表面上看，這是一部非常滑稽的小說，但它確實有更爲深刻的主題。

  • I remember her as a very serious child. 我記得她是個不愛笑的小孩。

• 2 determined to follow a particular plan of action -- 堅決的；認真的

  • Is she serious about going to live abroad? 她真的想移居國外嗎？

  • She's had a lot of boyfriends but Simon's the only one she's been serious about. 她有很多男朋友，但西蒙是她唯一真正愛的人。

• 3 needing or deserving your complete attention -- 需要（或值得）認真對待的

  • That's an interesting job offer - I'd give it some serious consideration if I were you. 那是個有意思的工作機會——我要是你的話就會認真考慮一下。

  • We've got some serious talking to do, you and me. 我們有點重要的事情要談，就你我兩個人。

• 4 extreme in degree or amount -- 極其的；極度的

  • We did some fairly serious walking over the weekend. 我們週末走了很多路。

  • I mean we're talking serious (= a large amount of) money, right? 我的意思是我們在談很大一筆錢，是嗎？

  • This is a serious wine, Belle, you have to try some. 這是上好的葡萄酒，貝兒，你得嚐嚐。