serious

serious /'siəriəs/
  • tính từ
    • đứng đắn, nghiêm trang, nghiêm nghị
      • a serious young person: một thanh niên đứng đắn
      • to have a serious look: có vẻ nghiêm trang, trông nghiêm nghị
    • hệ trọng, quan trọng, không thể coi thường được; nghiêm trọng, trầm trọng, nặng
      • this is a serious matter: đây là một vấn đề quan trọng
      • serious illness: bệnh nặng, bệnh trầm trọng
      • serious defeat: sự thất bại nặng
      • serious casualties: tổn thương nặng
    • đáng sợ, đáng gờm
      • a serious rival: một đối thủ đáng gờm
    • thành thật, thật sự, không đùa
      • are you serious?: anh có nói thật không?
      • a serious attempt: một cố gắng thật sự
    • (thuộc) tôn giáo, (thuộc) đạo lý

Lĩnh vực: xây dựng
 hiểm nghèo

Word families (Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs): seriousness, serious, seriously


Xem thêm: dangerous, grave, grievous, severe, life-threatening, good, unplayful, sober



serious

Từ điển Collocation

serious adj.

1 bad/dangerous

VERBS be, look, seem, sound | become, get By this time the riots were getting serious. | remain

ADV. extremely, particularly, really, very | fairly, quite | potentially

2 not joking

VERBS be, look, sound Come on, be serious! | become, turn He became serious all of a sudden.

ADV. deadly, quite, very

PREP. about Are you serious about resigning?


Từ điển WordNet

    adj.

  • concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities

    a serious student of history

    a serious attempt to learn to ski

    gave me a serious look

    a serious young man

    are you serious or joking?

    Don't be so serious!

  • of great consequence

    marriage is a serious matter

  • causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm; dangerous, grave, grievous, severe, life-threatening

    a dangerous operation

    a grave situation

    a grave illness

    grievous bodily harm

    a serious wound

    a serious turn of events

    a severe case of pneumonia

    a life-threatening disease

  • appealing to the mind; good

    good music

    a serious book

  • completely lacking in playfulness; unplayful, sober
  • requiring effort or concentration; complex and not easy to answer or solve

    raised serious objections to the proposal

    the plan has a serious flaw


English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary


syn.: earnest engrossed grave important momentous pensive profound reflective sincere solemn thoughtful weighty zealous

ant.: frivolous