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 solemn ['sɒlәm]   添加此单词到默认生词本
a. 严肃的, 郑重的, 庄严的



    solemn
    [ adj ]
    1. dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises

      2. <adj.all>
      a grave God-fearing man
      a quiet sedate nature
      as sober as a judge
      a solemn promise
      the judge was solemn as he pronounced sentence
    2. characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions

      3. <adj.all>
      both sides were deeply in earnest, even passionate
      an entirely sincere and cruel tyrant
      a film with a solemn social message


    Solemn \Sol"emn\, a. [OE. solempne, OF. solempne, L. solemnis,
    solennis, sollemnis, sollennis; sollus all, entire + annus a
    year; properly, that takes place every year; -- used
    especially of religious solemnities. Cf. {Silly}, {Annual}.]
    1. Marked with religious rites and pomps; enjoined by, or
    connected with, religion; sacred.

    His holy rites and solemn feasts profaned. --Milton.

    The worship of this image was advanced, and a solemn
    supplication observed everry year. --Bp.
    Stillingfleet.

    2. Pertaining to a festival; festive; festal. [Obs.] ``On
    this solemn day.'' --Chaucer.

    3. Stately; ceremonious; grand. [Archaic]

    His feast so solemn and so rich. --Chaucer.

    To-night we hold a splemn supper. --Shak.

    4. Fitted to awaken or express serious reflections; marked by
    seriousness; serious; grave; devout; as, a solemn promise;
    solemn earnestness.

    Nor wanting power to mitigate and swage
    With solemn touches troubled thoughts. --Milton.

    There reigned a solemn silence over all. --Spenser.

    5. Real; earnest; downright. [Obs. & R.]

    Frederick, the emperor, . . . has spared no expense
    in strengthening this city; since which time we find
    no solemn taking it by the Turks. --Fuller.

    6. Affectedly grave or serious; as, to put on a solemn face.
    ``A solemn coxcomb.'' --Swift.

    7. (Law) Made in form; ceremonious; as, solemn war;
    conforming with all legal requirements; as, probate in
    solemn form. --Burrill. --Jarman. --Greenleaf.

    {Solemn League and Covenant}. See {Covenant}, 2.

    Syn: Grave; formal; ritual; ceremonial; sober; serious;
    reverential; devotional; devout. See {Grave}.

    1. First a brass choir proceeded from the main door of the church down the nave, through the roodscreen, to the altar, its solemn fanfare reechoing in the shadowy air.
    2. Kennedy looked solemn as he entered the chamber, strode past the American flag, stood before the pale marble columns and took his seat at the end of the row of nine justices.
    3. More solemn types can opt for the "creative whining" or the simple "stand, breathe and smile."
    4. There's still a lot of the fun-loving jetsetter left in him, but the solemn face looks more lined and lived-in.
    5. "I swear on the ashes of my dead mother and on the scars of Theresa Saldana that neither God nor I will rest in peace until the special request in my solemn petition has been granted," he said in one letter.
    6. Stuart Cassidy - always a model of virile charm, though slightly too solemn and with no particular brilliance - partnered her beautifully.
    7. Soaring above Mount Alban in northwest Washington, the nondenominational cathedral will be consecrated with pealing bells and solemn oratory on Sept. 30, in a ceremony symbolizing the end of 83 years of construction.
    8. "We are trying to be sensitive to those who want the hymns." And, after some debate, church officials decided to buy a compact, unobtrusive electronic organ for the new sanctuary. It finds good use in playing solemn background to spoken prayers.
    9. The vandal painted the message, "This is for the convent." Worshippers saw the damage as they arrived Sunday night to mark the beginning of Yom Kippur, the most solemn Jewish holiday, at Warsaw's only synagogue that is next to the theater.
    10. It was this gray market that the Commerce Department gumshoes fixed upon in making a case that Special Trade Representative Yeutter took to the president, "proof" that duplicitous Japan had violated its solemn agreement.
    11. The crowd of 3,000 packed an auditorium at St. Gerard Church and spilled out into an outdoor courtyard for the service that went from solemn to celebratory.
    12. The governor's endorsements, the organization, the fundraisers, the solemn whispering by aides of Dukakis' inevitability all seemed on the verge of being washed away in a Michigan landslide.
    13. Dukakis went before a Hispanic group in Dallas where Bush a day earlier had made a "solemn pledge" to put a Hispanic in his Cabinet.
    14. Tuesday's solemn ceremony, organized by the new democratic government, came 17 years after Allende's death in a bloody military coup.
    15. By candlelight on a velvet cushion carried by a solemn child, it looks mysterious and majestic. I sit at the kitchen table and get to work with the Brasso.
    16. During a solemn ceremony in St. Peter's Basilica, the pope added the 19th century missionary to the list of those Catholics who by virtue of their life and actions the church recognizes as being in heaven, and worthy of honor by the faithful.
    17. We stand firmly by that solemn declaration and assurance.' Mr Major's 'fundamental point' has not been conceded.
    18. The few songs that omitted mention of love addressed death, and the singers became dutifully solemn.
    19. The pontiff inaugurated the assembly on Sunday by celebrating a solemn Mass in St. Peter's Basilica for some 1,000 priests, bishops and cardinals from around the world.
    20. Here, the atmosphere is particularly solemn.
    21. It was spirited but solemn: a celebration, and a funeral march. A campaign to prevent the merger was launched by old soldiers on both sides, but apparently too late to have effect.
    22. So the mood is very solemn and very sad." The cetaceans, believed to be the first beaked whales in captivity, were found on San Francisco's Ocean Beach on Aug. 24 and taken to Marine World, about 35 miles northeast of San Francisco.
    23. The formal declaration of ascension to the throne, however, will be broadcast on national television, the first time common Japanese will be able to view the solemn rite.
    24. Even at Masses, usually solemn ceremonies, the pope was surrounded by colorful dancers, singers and tribal drummers.
    25. Can you imagine solemn playfulness?
    26. New Orleans police estimated this will be the biggest Mardi Gras ever, with 1.7 million revelers lining the streets and jamming the French Quarter on Fat Tuesday, the last blowout before the solemn season of Lent.
    27. I can understand that the diligent and solemn scholars who prepared the reports mentioned above would not wish to ascribe general dementia to those who are involved in our financial markets.
    28. "The solemn, silent mood can't be restored," she says, pulling a copy of the Hungarian constitution out of her purse.
    29. When is this closed, tight, solemn mode helpful?
    30. One sometimes hears solemn rhetoric about a "Chinese Wall" that is supposed to exist between the various divisions of a financial firm.
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