a)spoken used to show that what you say next is not a joke, especially because it is important 说正经的SYN seriously
In all seriousness, if Tom does resign, a lot of other people will start leaving too.
说正经的,如果汤姆真的辞职,其他许多人也会走的。
b)in a way that is not joking 严肃认真地
‘Playing with Richie was the highlight of my musical career, ’ said Sonny in all seriousness.
“和里奇同台演出是我音乐生涯中最重要的时刻。”桑尼很认真地说道。
Examples from the Corpus
in all seriousness• The material on which the congressional record is founded is done there every day in all seriousness.• Nothing is so funny as something done in all seriousness.• Did you feel, in all seriousness, you were dying?• He asked me, in all seriousness, if I would marry him next week.• She had heard someone say, in all seriousness, that women would never make good golfers because of the shape of their bodies.• We wonderin all seriousness if alcohol had anything to do with it.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + SERIOUSNESS | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤complete, deadly, deep, great, high完全嚴肅;極為認真;十分嚴肅◇He maintained an attitude of high seriousness.他保持了極為認真的態度。➤mock假裝認真◇'You didn't know?' he asked in mock seriousness.“你不知情?”他假裝認真地問。➤underlying隱含的嚴肅性◇The joke did not obscure the underlying seriousness of his point.這個玩笑並沒有掩蓋他的觀點隱含的嚴肅性。➤moral道德上的嚴肅性VERB + SERIOUSNESS➤appreciate, grasp, realize, recognize, understand理解嚴重性;意識到嚴重性;認識到嚴肅性◇Only later did he realize the full seriousness of his actions.他後來才意識到自己行為的嚴重性。➤demonstrate, show表明/顯示嚴重性◇The sentence imposed in this case demonstrates the seriousness of environmental crimes.對該案的判決體現出破壞環境罪行的嚴重性。➤downplay淡化嚴重性▸➤treat sth with認真對待⋯◇The problem was not treated with the seriousness it deserved.這個問題沒有得到應有的重視。PREPOSITION➤with seriousness嚴肅地◇She spoke with great seriousness of the hardships she had endured.她非常嚴肅地講述了自己經歷的苦難。PHRASES➤in all seriousness十分認真地◇You can't in all seriousness think they'll give you the job!別真以為他們會給你這份工作!➤take, treat, etc. sth with the utmost seriousness極為鄭重地對待⋯