stern

• His eye, bent on me, expressed at once stern surprise and keen inquiry .
  他的眼光正着对我，既表示出严厉的惊奇又表示出锐利的询问。
• Only bob's stern command persuaded her to eat fee's gooseberry jam sandwiches
  由于鲍勃的严格的命令，她才把妈妈做的果酱三明治吃了。
• Then she said, in her naturally stern way of speaking, "this is esther, sir. "
  接着她又用素来的那种严肃口吻说：“先生，这就是埃丝特。”
• Nearer and nearer she came till her bow was beside the stern of the "magndia" .
  它距离“木兰号”越来越近了，它的船头已经同“木兰号”的船尾平了。
• His manner was even dignified: quite divested of roughness, though too stern for grace .
  他的举止简直是庄重，不带一点粗野，然而严峻有余，文雅不足。
• What a noble-looking old man he is! so stern and inflexible, with such classical features !
  这老头儿的样子多么高贵！多么庄严坚决！五官又是多么端正！
• The mole to his surprise and rapture found himself actually seated in the stern of a real boat .
  鼹鼠又惊又喜，发现自己真的坐在一条名副其实的船上了。
• Mr. rochester's extreme pallor had disappeared, and he looked once more firm and stern .
  罗切斯特先生的极度苍白的脸色消失了，他再一次显得坚强和严峻。
• I'll lash the two oars together across the stern and that will slow him in the night .
  我要把两个桨放在船梢交叉着绑在一起，这样在夜里就会叫它走得慢些。
• They followed him more out of admiration for stern competence than personal affection .
  他们跟随他，更多的是出于对严峻的才干的钦佩，而不是对他个人的感情。