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

hiểm nghèo

Adj.

Grave, solemn, earnest, unsmiling, poker-faced,straight-faced, sedate, sober, pensive, thoughtful; humourless,sombre, grim, dour, severe: One should be wary of the personwho is always serious, who cannot see the ludicrous side oflife. 2 grave, important, vital, dangerous, weighty,significant, momentous, crucial, consequential, life-and-deathor life-or-death, urgent, pressing; no laughing matter, ofconsequence or moment or importance: Things like the greenhouseeffect and the hole in the ozone layer are serious concerns forall mankind. 3 sincere, straightforward, not joking or fooling,genuine, honest: Is he serious about wanting me to fetch him aleft-handed wrench?

Acute, critical, life-threatening, bad,dangerous, nasty, perilous, alarming, grave, severe, precarious:His condition is serious and we might have to operate tonight.She had no idea that measles could be such a serious illness.

Adj.

Thoughtful, earnest, sober, sedate, responsible, notreckless or given to trifling (has a serious air; a seriousyoung person).

Important, demanding consideration (this is aserious matter).

Not slight or negligible (a serious injury;a serious offence).

Sincere, in earnest, not ironical orjoking (are you serious?).

(of music and literature) notmerely for amusement (opp. LIGHT(2) 5a).

Not perfunctory(serious thought).

Not to be trifled with (a seriousopponent).

Concerned with religion or ethics (serioussubjects).

Seriousness n. [ME f. OF serieux or LL seriosusf. L serius]