strict

1. ADJ A strict rule or order is very clear and precise or severe and must always be obeyed completely. 嚴格的

The officials had issued strict instructions that we were not to get out of the jeep. 這些官員們發出了我們不能從那輛吉普車裡出來的嚴令。

French privacy laws are very strict. 法國的隱私法非常嚴格。

2. strictlyADV 嚴格地[ADV with v]

The acceptance of new members is strictly controlled. 接納新成員的工作受到嚴格控制。

3. ADJ If a parent or other person in authority is strict, they regard many actions as unacceptable and do not allow them. 嚴厲的

My parents were very strict. 我的父母曾非常嚴厲。

4. strictlyADV 嚴厲地

My own mother was brought up very strictly and correctly. 我自己的母親是被非常嚴厲且正確地養大的。

5. ADJ If you talk about the strict meaning of something, you mean the precise meaning of it. 確切的[ADJ n]

It's not quite peace in the strictest sense of the word, rather the absence of war. 這個詞就其最確切的意義而言不完全是和平，更像是沒有戰爭。

6. strictlyADV 確切地[ADV adj]

Actually, that is not strictly true. 實際上，那竝不完全是真的。

7. ADJ You use strict to describe someone who never does things that are against their beliefs. 恪守信條的[ADJ n]

Millions of Americans are now strict vegetarians. 數百萬美國人現在都是嚴格的素食者。