harshness
翻譯
嚴酷, 苛刻, 粗糙
例句
The harshness of the winter was unexpected.
冬天的嚴酷是意料之外的。
I was surprised by the harshness of his words.
我對他話語的苛刻感到驚訝。
文法模式
the harshness of (sth.) （某事）的嚴酷 The harshness of the punishment was debated.
近義詞
同義詞: severity (嚴酷), austerity (嚴峻); 反義詞: gentleness (溫柔), mildness (溫和)
詞源
源自形容詞 'harsh' + 後綴 '-ness'，該後綴用於構成表示狀態或性質的名詞。
記憶技巧
後綴 '-ness' 將形容詞 'harsh' 變成一個名詞，描述「嚴酷」這種性質。