severe
/sɪˈvɪə/
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sɪ - ˈvɪə -> severe
(adj) ပြင်းထန်သော။ မညှာသော။ ကြီးလေးသော။ အလွန်အကျွံ။ အကြီးအကျယ်။ အကြိတ်အနယ်။ ပြင်းပြင်းထန်ထန်။ ရိုးရိုးစင်းစင်း။
severe /sÇ'vÇǝ(r)/ adj (-r , -st )
၁။ ~ (on/ with sb/ sth) ပြင်းထန်သော။ မညှာသော။ a severe look/ punishment/ measure ❍ a severe critic ❍ be severe with one's children ကလေး တွေကို မျက်နှာသာမပေးဘူး။ ❍ Was the judge too severe on her? တရားသူကြီးက သူ့ကို နည်းနည်းမျှ မညှာဘူးလား။
၂။ ပြင်းထန်သော။ ကြီးလေးသော။ အလွန်အကျွံ။ အကြီးအကျယ်။ a severe shortage ❍ suffer severe damage/ pain/ injuries ❍ severe frost/ gales ❍ a severe blow to her hopes ❍ The bomb threat caused severe disruption to flights from Heathrow.
၃။ အကြိတ်အနယ်။ ပြင်းပြင်းထန်ထန်။ a severe test of climbers' stamina ❍ severe competition for university places.
၄။ ရိုးရိုးစင်းစင်း။ She wore a severe suit of plain grey with a white blouse.
❏ severely adv ပြင်းပြင်းထန်ထန်။ အကြီးအကျယ်။ punish sb severely ❍ severely handicapped ❍ His reputation was severely damaged.
❏ severity /sÇ'verǝti/ n [U] ပြင်းထန်မှု။ the severity (ie extreme cold) of the winter ❍ The attacks continued with increasing severity.
- Overcrowding in secondary schools is pretty severe.
- The reforms have caused severe economic hardship for the poorest members of the population.
- One of the passengers had suffered severe bruising and serious cuts.
- Severe stomach pain
- Severe thunderstorms are forecast for Tuesday night.
- The country has come under severe criticism for its human rights record.
- The most severe penalty he could get is ten years in prison.
- [severe on] : She was equally severe on students who were late for class.
- A severe expression
- A severe hairstyle
- They face a severe test of character against a vastly superior team.
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