seriousness

seriousness 指一个人或一件事所表现出的严肃、认真和郑重的程度。

💡 记忆钩子

把一件事放在聚光灯下、收起玩笑，认真面对它：这种不轻浮的状态就是 seriousness；它既可以说人的认真态度，也可以说事情本身带来的郑重感。

📖 中文释义

noun

core 严肃；认真；郑重

📖 指面对某件事时不把它当玩笑，而是认真、郑重地对待的状态，也可以指这种态度所表现出的程度。

💡 常用“take + 事情 + with seriousness”表示“认真对待某事”，也可说“the seriousness of + 事情”表示“某事的严肃性”。它多用于较正式或书面语境，日常口语中常用形容词或副词表达同样意思。不要把它和只表示“事情很严重”的含义混为一谈；这里重点是态度或性质。

countable uncountable

She listened to the warning with seriousness.

她很认真地听取了警告。

The seriousness of his apology surprised everyone.

他道歉时的郑重态度让所有人都感到意外。

seriousnesses plural

📘 英文释义 (WordNet) 共 3 组

the trait of being serious; - Robert Rice

同义词集: seriousness earnestness serious-mindedness sincerity

a lack of solemnity is not necessarily a lack of seriousness

上位: trait 下位: commitment, committedness, graveness, gravity, soberness, sobriety, somberness, sombreness

the quality of arousing fear or distress

同义词集: seriousness distressfulness

he learned the seriousness of his illness

上位: badness, severeness, severity

an earnest and sincere feeling

同义词集: earnestness seriousness sincerity

上位: gravity, solemnity

🌳 词源

由 serious 加后缀 -ness 构成，表示“严肃这一性质或状态”。

Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Italic *sēros Latin sērus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius ? Proto-Indo-European *swer- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *swerjos? Latin sērius Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Medieval Latin sēriōsus Old French serieuxbor. Middle English seryows English serious Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English seriousness From serious + -ness.

🔄 变式

seriousnesses plural

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