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sever [severed, severing, severs] (to cut free) verb [UK: ˈse.və(r)] [US: ˈse.vər] | 断绝 /duànjué/verb 斷絕verb |
several (consisting of a number more than two, but not very many) determiner [UK: ˈse.vrəl] [US: ˈse.vrəl] | jǐge/determiner 些 /xiē/determiner 几个 /jǐgèdeterminer 幾個determiner |
severance pay (money paid to employee as compensation) noun [UK: ˈse.və.rəns peɪ] [US: ˈse.və.rəns ˈpeɪ] | 遣散費noun 遣散费 /qiǎnsànfèi/noun |
severe [severer, severest] (strict or harsh) adjective [UK: sɪ.ˈvɪə(r)] [US: sə.ˈvɪr] | 严厉 /yánlì/adjective 嚴厲adjective |
severe [severer, severest] (very bad or intense) adjective [UK: sɪ.ˈvɪə(r)] [US: sə.ˈvɪr] | 严重 /yánzhòng/adjective 嚴重adjective |
severe acute respiratory syndrome (form of pneumonia) noun | 严重急性呼吸道综合症 /yánzhòng jíxìng hūxīdào zònghézhèng/noun 嚴重急性呼吸道綜合症noun |
severity [severities] (degree of something undesirable; badness) noun [UK: sɪ.ˈve.rɪ.ti] [US: sɪ.ˈve.rə.ti] | 严肃性noun |
severity [severities] (state of being severe) noun [UK: sɪ.ˈve.rɪ.ti] [US: sɪ.ˈve.rə.ti] | 严厉noun |
Severn (the river) proper noun [UK: ˈse.vərn] [US: ˈse.vərn] | 赛文河proper noun |
perseverance (persistent determination to adhere to a course of action; insistence) noun [UK: ˌpɜː.sɪ.ˈvɪə.rəns] [US: ˌpər.sə.ˈvɪ.rəns] | 恆心noun 恒心 /héngxīn/noun 毅力 /yìlì/noun |
perseverance of the saints (Calvinist doctrine) noun | 圣徒的坚忍 /shèngtú de jiānrěn/noun 聖徒的堅忍noun |