stringent是什么意思,stringent怎么用
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📰 外刊例句
Health firms should face stringent penalties if they are slapdash about security, but it is naive to expect that breaches will never happen. 如果医疗保健公司对安全敷衍了事,就应面临严厉的处罚,但指望永远不发生泄露就太天真了。
—— 《经济学人》
—— 《纽约时报》
📖 基本释义
[adjective] (of regulations, requirements, or conditions) strict, precise, and exacting
[形容词] (指规定、要求或条件)严格的、严谨的和严苛的
💡 深入解读
Stringent 是一个与小站(微信公众号:田间小站)之前推送过的strident较为形似的单词。同时,该词与熟词 strain (压力、重负;尽力拉)和 strict (严格的)同源也同词根 strain, strict, string (拉紧),都是源自拉丁语stringere(压紧、缩紧、绑紧、拉紧)。其中, stringent 于17世纪经stringere的现在分词stringentem进入英语,原指味道“涩的”,同 astringent 。不过到了1846年后开始转为表示今义指法律、规则、规章、程序、要求、条件等“严格的、严厉的、严苛的”,多指严格到不允许有任何的松动、松懈或选择的自由,通常相对于执行过程中的质量而言更强调最终的效果,且往往意味着限制、控制甚至是强制,
比如:
The newly inaugurated government announced that there would be more stringent controls on the possession of weapons.新上任的政府宣布将对武器的持有实行更严格的控制。
He spent most of his speech rebutting criticisms of his stringent economic policies.而将 stringent 用在金融财政领域时,则表示“紧缩的、短缺的、不足的”或“银根紧的”,主要指在一个经济体中对货币数量进行严格控制从而没有足够的资金可供借贷,比如:他讲演的大部分时间都在反驳对他紧缩银根的经济政策的批评。
📚 名著用例
Now, I must warn you that the most stringent anti-cheating charms have been applied to your examination papers. 现在,我必须提醒你们,你们的试卷都被施加了最严格的反作弊咒语。
— 出自《英国作家J·K·罗琳的奇幻小说《哈利·波特》系列的第五本《哈利·波特与凤凰社》( Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix )。》
🔍 同近义词
- draconian: (of laws or their application) excessively harsh and severe
- rigid: not adaptable in outlook, belief, or response
- rigorous: (of a rule, system, etc.) strictly applied or adhered to

