Sternness

(noun.) uncompromising resolution.

(noun.) the quality (as of scenery) being grim and gloomy and forbidding; 'the sternness of his surroundings made him uncomfortable'.

佛瑞德整理

• I allow no such practices with gentlemen on my place, said Mr. Shelby, with as much sternness as he could command, under the circumstances. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• I like this day; I like that sky of steel; I like the sternness and stillness of the world under this frost. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Her manner was incurably gentle; and she was not aware how much it concealed the sternness of her purpose. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• But this will never do, said Madame, with sternness. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• I groaned under her bitter sternness. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Hold that noise, said Mr. Trabb, with the greatest sternness, or I'll knock your head off! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• He looked on his pupil with sternness. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.

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