“For heaven’s sake, madame,” said Villefort, with a firmness of expression not altogether free from harshness--“for heaven’s sake, do not ask pardon of me for a guilty wretch!

“算了吧，夫人，”维尔福用一种坚定得近乎于冷酷的声音回答道，--“算了吧，别再为一个罪犯向我求情了!

Extreme harshness or severity;rigor.

暴虐极端残酷或严厉;严酷

A harshness in some tones of a bowed stringed instrument produced by defective vibration.

刺耳音，杂音弓形弦乐器由于一些音震荡不准而产生的刺耳的声音

The transition from the terminal’s warm snugness to the harshness of the night outside was startling

从温暖舒适的机场大楼进入室外的风雪之夜，真是触目惊心的转变。

Harshness of manner;ill temper or irritability.

粗暴态度粗暴;脾气暴躁或易怒

For all its harshness and irrationality, it is the only world we’ve got

尽管它严酷而又不合理，它终究是我们具有的唯一的世界。

The harshness of everyday reality disenchanted him of his idealistic hopes

冷酷的日常现实使他从理想主义的幻梦中清醒过来。

Next, there was his harshness

其次，他讲话难听。

Every man, even the best, has within him a thoughtless harshness which he reserves for animals

任何人，即使是最善良的人，对待动物，无意中总还保留一种暴戾之气。

His harshness is forgivable.

他很严厉,但情有可原.

As he listened to her, there rang in the ears of his memory the harsh cries of barbarian women and of hags, and, in lesser degrees of harshness , the strident voices of working women and of the girls of his own class

听她说话时，他记忆的耳朵里也响起了凶悍的妇女刺耳的眼噪和劳动妇女和他本阶级的姑娘们虽不刺耳却也不中听的声音。

I can’t bear the harshness of the noise.

我受不了这些刺耳的噪音。

The Bishop of D----had none of that harshness , which is peculiar to many priests, nevertheless

许多神甫都具有这种暴戾之气，而迪涅的这位主教却一点也没有。

The child.soon yielded to the drowsiness(Charles Dickens.To relent is to moderate the harshness or severity of an attitude or decision with respect to another over whom one has authority or influence

这孩子…一会儿就支持不住昏昏欲睡了(查尔斯·狄更斯)。relent是指出于对处于自己权威和影响下的人的尊重而缓解某一制度或决定的苛刻或严格

Harshness , paradoxically, is intimate. The ailing mother’s son Ronak, however, rebuffs the family’s traditions.

所谓苛刻反而是因为亲密。

But Europeans are discovering that the “European project” provides no protection against the harshness of the outside world.

但欧洲人已经开始发现，“欧洲计划”无法保护他们免受外部世界的冲击。

There is certainly a place for calculated expressions of anger or even harshness from time to time.

当然了，有时恰当地表达愤怒乃至粗鲁的态度也能起作用。

Modeling and Simulation of Harshness of an Articulated Tipper

铰接式自卸车悬架系统动力学建模与仿真

This reduces vehicle weight and significantly cuts noise, vibration and harshness (NVH), a automotive design consideration.

泡沫铝可以降低车身重量，显著减弱噪声，振动以及尖锐摩擦。而这些都是汽车工业需要重点考虑的。

The harshness of the punishments they sometimes mete out only seems incomprehensible to the west.

塔利班时常加以运用的惩罚手段在我们西方人看来不可理喻。

I have seen the difference in the eyes of those born of that lost generation- an emptiness; a harshness ; a coldness.

我看到属于这个时代的人们眼睛里那种特有的东西-一种空洞；一种严苛；一种冷漠。

Now Newt had taken the art of reverse plastic surgery to a whole new level of sophistication and harshness .

现在纽特已把这种“逆行整形手术”的政治艺术提高到一个复杂、令人难以接受的全新水准。

Does the Judaeo-Christian tradition allow governments to threaten harshness in order to prevent crime?

犹太-基督教传统允许政府用强力威慑来防止犯罪吗？

In other parts of the country, especially in the Kikuyu heartlands, Mr Kibaki’s backers have treated Luos with similar harshness .

在肯尼亚其它地区，特别是在基库尤民族的中心地带，齐贝吉总统的支持者对卢奥人也采取了同样的残暴措施。

It seems like an ancient recipe for harshness that modern society has long ago outgrown.

这似乎是一条古已有之，而现代社会早就将其抛弃的关于强硬的训诫。

harshness of crumb

n.面包瓤的紧实度