adj. 严肃的，严重的；认真的；庄重的；危急的
英 ['sɪərɪəs] 美 ['sɪrɪəs]
权威例句
- I know it's nothing serious and I feel quite unemotional about it.
我知道那根本没什么大不了的，所以有些无动于衷。
来自柯林斯例句 - Smoking places you at serious risk of cardiovascular and respiratory disease.
吸烟会大大增加罹患心血管和呼吸道疾病的风险。
来自柯林斯例句 - She was fitted with a pacemaker after suffering serious heart trouble.
她患上严重的心脏病后安装了心脏起搏器。
来自柯林斯例句 - The allegations are serious enough to warrant an investigation.
这些指控很严重，有必要进行一番调查。
来自柯林斯例句 - He sustained serious neck injuries after he broke someone's fall.
有人坠落压在他身上，致使他颈部受重伤。
来自柯林斯例句
中文词源
serious 严重的，严肃的，认真的
来自拉丁语 serius,严重的，严肃的，认真的，来自 PIE*swer,重的。
英文词源
serious
**serious: **[15] _Serious _comes ultimately from Latin _sērius _‘serious, grave’. From this was derived late Latin sēriōsus, which passed into English via Old French serieux. It is not clear where _sērius _came from, although some have linked it with German _schwer _‘heavy’ (‘seriousness’ and ‘weightiness’ being semantically close).
serious (adj.)
mid-15c., "expressing earnest purpose or thought" (of persons), from Middle French sérieux "grave, earnest" (14c.), from Late Latin seriosus, from Latin serius "weighty, important, grave," probably from a PIE root *swer- (4) "heavy" (cognates: Lithuanian sveriu "to weigh, lift," svarus "heavy;" Old English swære "heavy," German schwer "heavy," Gothic swers "honored, esteemed," literally "weighty"). As opposite of jesting, from 1712; as opposite of light (of music, theater, etc.), from 1762. Meaning "attended with danger" is from 1800.
