1. 严格：sternmost 最后面的 | sternness 严格 | sternpost 船尾材
2. 严格; 严厉 (名)：sternly 严厉地; 坚决地; 苛刻地 (副) | sternness 严格; 严厉 (名) | sternum 胸骨, 胸板, 胸片 (名)
noun
1. uncompromising resolution
Synonym: strictness
2. the quality (as of scenery) being grim and gloomy and forbidding
e.g. the sternness of his surroundings made him uncomfortable