solemn
英 [ˈsɒləm] 美 [ˈsɑləm]

adj.

庄严的，严肃的；庄重的；隆重的，神圣的；犹豫的，阴沉的

双语释义

adj.(形容词)

1. 严肃的serious
2. 庄重的,郑重的 done, said, etc. in a serious and committed way
3. 庄严的,隆重的 performed with religious or other ceremony; formal

英英释义

solemn[ 'sɔləm ]

• adj.
  • dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises

    "a solemn promise"; "the judge was solemn as he pronounced sentence"

    同义词：gravesedatesober

  • characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions

    "a film with a solemn social message"

    同义词：earnestsincere

词汇搭配

用作形容词 (adj.)～+名词

• solemn face严肃的面孔
• solemn funeral procession肃穆的送葬行列
• solemn pledge〔promise〕郑重的誓言〔许诺〕
• solemn royal dinner隆重的皇家晚宴

词组短语

solemn promise庄严承诺；誓言

solemn ceremony隆重的典礼

同近义词辨析

solemn, sober, earnest, grave, severe, serious

这组词都有“严肃的”的意思，其区别是：

solemn指人表情或场景气氛严肃，侧重威严名印象深刻。

sober侧重因控制或抑制自己的感情而表现出的庄重。

earnest指严肃，认真，含诚恳和热情意味。

grave侧重严肃和尊严，需要认真思考，含令人担忧意味。

severe指面孔的严肃，法律的严厉，伤病的严重。着重严厉性，无丝毫温情。

serious指具有关键、严肃或严重意义的事情。

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

1. The ceremony proceeded in a solemn atmosphere.
   仪式在庄严的气氛中进行。
2. They watched the solemn ceremony.
   他们观看那庄严的仪式。
3. He looked at her with a solemn expression.
   他表情严肃地望着她。
4. Her solemn face told them that the news was bad.
   她严肃的表情告诉他们那是坏消息。
5. The inauguration was a solemn event.
   就职典礼是一件隆重的大事。
6. The solemn inauguration ceremony will be held here.
   就要举行隆重的启用仪式了。
7. At times solemn speeches sober down a dinner.
   有时庄重的发言会使宴会变得严肃起来。

权威例句

Noise of Solemn Assemblies
Vedic Ritual: The Non-Solemn Rites
Solemn Geographies: AIDS and the Contours of Autobiography
Solemn Witness: A Pilgrimage to Ground Zero at the World Trade Center
THE NOISE OF SOLEMN ASSEMBLIES: CHRISTIAN COMMITMENT AND THE RELIGIOUS ESTABLISHMENT IN AMERICA / PETER L. BERGER
Testimonia Ritus Italici: Male Genitalia, Solemn Declarations, and a New Latin Sound Law
Solemn Covenant: The Mormon Polygamous Passage. By HardyB. Carmon. Urbana, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, 1992. xxiv + 445 pp.
'An Holy and Sacramentall Paction': Federal Theology and the Solemn League and Covenant in England
The Self-Assertion of the German University: Address, Delivered on the Solemn Assumption of the Rectorate of the University Freiburg...
For Whom Nobel Tolls? An Interpretive Account of the Migration of the Concept of Peace as Perceived through the Solemn Eyes of Norwe...