severityn. rigour. mercilessness 嚴(yán)厲，冷酷無(wú)情。
△1H.VI.2.3.45:“I laugh to see your ladyship sofond / To think that you have aught but Talbot'sshadow / Whereon to practise your severity.”我笑，是看到夫人這么愚蠢，竟以為你除了塔爾博特的影像還抓住點(diǎn)什么，可以在他身上實(shí)行你的嚴(yán)厲手段。
△Rom.1.1.225 (219):“beauty starved with her severity”.i.e.killed by herdetermination to remain single and a virgin. 讓美貌被她的嚴(yán)酷所毀掉。 |