severity [səˈvɛrɪti]

例句:

• He said the severity of floods also has increased.
  来自VOA
• Several drugs are used to lessen the severity of the symptoms.
  使用了几种药来减轻症状。
  
• The Bishop said he was sickened by the severity of the sentence.
  主教说他对如此重的量刑大为震惊。
  
• The new drug lessens the severity of pneumonia episodes.
  新药减轻了肺炎发作时的痛苦。
  
• Feeling physically clean reduces the severity of moral judgment.
  来自SA
• Why has the Fukushima incident been upgraded in severity?
  来自THETIMES