severity
英 [sɪ'verɪtɪ]
美[sə'vɛrəti]
	    - n. 严重;严格;猛烈
 
英英释意
- 1. used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather
 
- 2. something hard to endure;
 - "the asperity of northern winters"
 
- 3. excessive sternness;
 - "severity of character"
 - "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"
 - "the rigors of boot camp"