严厉的
坚决的（stern的比较级）
sterner days───严酷的日子
Sterner measures are surely in the offing.───更严厉的举措无疑箭在弦上。
In private, though, the dialogue was sterner.───然而私底下的对话就严厉多了。
The police are planning sterner measures to combat crime.───警方正制订更严厉的措施打击犯罪活动。
And even in Socrates himself the sterner judgment of the multitude at times passes into a sort of ironical pity or love.───即便是苏格拉底自己，多次在谈到有关大众更为严正的审判问题时也流露出一种具有讽刺性的同情或怜悯。
Her manners had been imposed upon her by her mother's gentle admonitions and the sterner discipline of her mammy; her eyes were her own.───她的举止是由她母亲和嬷嬷的严厉管教强加给她的，但她的眼睛属于她自己。
The colder and sterner brother continued to gaze at me, till the trouble he had excited forced out tears as well as colour.───比较冷静和严厉的哥哥却还继续盯着我，直到他激起的不安逼得我不仅脸红而且流出了眼泪。
defarge , who had been uneasily biting his thumb - nail and looking at her , collected his face into a sterner expression.───一直在不安地啃着拇指指甲望着她的德伐日立即板起面孔露出严厉的样子。
This proves that he is made of sterner stuff than I. All my worst time-wasting is self-inflicted.───这证明他的意志比我坚定。我所有最严重的时间浪费都是自己造成的。
The inspector is made of sterner stuff, however, and governs himself long enough to enquire after Watson in a high, strangled tone.───但探长很快控制住了自己的感情，他用一种高而近乎窒息的僵硬声音来向华生问好。
Ann, made of sterner stuff than I, refused all offers of help.
If such criticisms are valid, is a sterner, more restrictive approach either desirable or likely to be effective?
Later he had a sterner challenge to face, one which more closely affected his personal sense of honour.
The female characters, too, are made of sterner stuff than the quick-witted schemers of Figaro.
The visitors seem to be made of sterner stuff.
Ann, made of sterner stuff than the rest of her tribe, leapt from the car, determined to fish.
But Bastide was made of sterner stuff.
Police are planning sterner measures to combat crime.
The police are planning sterner measures to combat crime.