n.嚴(yán)格；嚴(yán)重；嚴(yán)肅

The criminal was punished with severity. 罪犯受到嚴(yán)懲。

At first we didn't realized the severity of her wounds. 起初我們并沒有意識(shí)到她的傷口的嚴(yán)重性。

The disease ranges widely in severity. 這種病的嚴(yán)重程度可以很不同。

It was the tone of austerity answering the tone of severity. 那種剛強(qiáng)的語氣是針對(duì)著嚴(yán)肅的口吻而發(fā)的。