1. Was the judge too severe on the thief?
    这个法官对小偷是不是太严厉了?

2. While discount rose retailers watch their business bloom, U.S. rose growers are going bankrupt amid severe foreign competition.
    在折价玫瑰花零售店生意兴隆的同时，美国的玫瑰种植商却在残酷的外来竞争中濒临破产。

3. These clouds are ominous. They portend a severe storm.
    这些云是不祥的预兆, 预示着一场大风暴即将来临。

4. He needed someone whose face represented suffering yet strength, someone more severe than beautiful.
    他需要这样的一个女人：脸带沧桑却不失坚定，严肃之色多于艳丽。

5. A severe murrain prevailed in this village.
    这个村庄里流行着一种严重的瘟疫。

6. Recently I had a patient who suffered a severe stroke.
    最近，我有一个病人严重中风。

7. If it were severe, they all fell.
    如果地震剧烈，所有的木棒都会例下。

8. I am especially proud of it, not only because it has survived several severe winters, but because it occasionally produces luscious peaches.
    我为这棵树感到特别自豪，不仅因为它度过了几个寒冬终于活了下来，而且还因为它有时结出些甘甜的桃子来。

9. For decades, the government sought to colonize and develop the Amazon, bringing severe environmental disaster to the area and its people.
    几十年来，巴西政府一直在致力于开拓和开发亚马逊雨林，给这个地区及其居民带来了严重的环境灾难。