0 causing very great pain, difficulty, worry, damage, etc.; very serious -- 非常嚴重的；劇烈的；慘重的
Severe cutbacks in public spending have been announced. 已經宣佈對公共支出進行大幅度縮減。
There is expected to be a severe frost tonight. 今晚預計會出現嚴重的霜凍。
In parts of Africa there is a severe food/water shortage. 非洲的一些地方存在嚴重的糧食／水資源短缺問題。
This is a school for children with severe learning difficulties. 這是一所爲有嚴重學習障礙的孩子設立的學校。
a severe chest infection/leg injury/toothache 十分嚴重的胸腔感染／腿傷／牙痛
1 not kind or showing sympathy; not willing to accept other people's mistakes or failures -- 不和善的；冷酷的；嚴厲的；苛刻的
2 completely plain and without decoration -- 不加裝飾的，樸素的，簡樸的
During simulated ischemia, severe neurotoxicity occurs and is diminished by enzymatic degeneration of extracellular glutamate or by blockade of glutamate release.
Severe adverse events may occur more frequently in patients treated with peginterferon plus ribavirin than in patients treated with interferon plus ribavirin (18;32).
Assessing quality of life in persons with severe neurological disability associated with multiple sclerosis : the psychometric evaluation of two quality of life measures.
In the same way, high-rent streets were rarely of high density, and severe crowding (two or more persons per room) was rare among highrent households.
Therefore, we can hypothesize that severe droughts induce leaf shedding and flushing in the tropical rain forest.
Virtually all patients with primary autonomic failure are found at postmortem to have severe loss of intermedio-lateral column cells.
Furthermore, we could not assess seasonal variations in less severe forms of health services used such as emergency department or physician visits.
He found that if patients maintained independence to make transfers and to dress, even though their dementia was severe, they could maintain continence.
