1.It was just a light aside, but he meant the sternness of his remarks to come through.
尽管只是一个小插曲，但由此奥巴马传递了他将要表达的严厉。
2.In the light of all this, what people reproach us with is not, after all, our pessimism, but the sternness of our optimism.
因此可以知道人们指责我们的，并非因为我们的悲观主义，而是因为我们乐观主义的严肃性。
3.The first thing was sternness - it was with an air of sternness that I took her into my house.
第一是严厉，我正是用严厉的方式把她弄进家来的。
4.But there is a line between an occasional display of anger or sternness and the abusive bullying that often takes place in organisations.
不过，偶尔表现出愤怒或严厉与在团体内常常发生的辱骂威胁之间有条界线。
5.I watched my master's face pass from amiability to sternness; he hoped I was not beginning to idle.
我看着老师的脸色从和蔼变得严肃；他希望我不是开始放松学业了。
6.They were awed into silence by the sternness of her voice.
她严厉的声音把他们吓得鸦雀无声了。
7."What? " Vader jerked his head back to face Ahsoka. The menacing sternness came back to his voice, "What on earth do you want? "
“什么？”维达猛地转过头来，面对着阿索卡。威胁的意味又回到了他的声音里。“你究竟想干什么？”
8.Your sternness was like a sharp jade- carving knife.
您的严厉是像一把锋利玉石雕刻刀。
9.Your eyes show sternness , but more kindness and care. Thank you for making me feel important.
您的眼神看起来很严厉，但包含更多的是仁慈和关心。谢谢您让我觉得自己如此重要。
10.The UN Security Council will come up with some kind of statement, and the US and Britain will trumpet its sternness and significance.
联合国安全理事会将提出某种声明，而美英两国将鼓吹它的严肃性和重要性。