Adverb:

1. in a serious manner;

   "talking earnestly with his son"
   "she started studying snakes in earnest"
   "a play dealing seriously with the question of divorce"
   

2. to a severe or serious degree;

   "fingers so badly frozen they had to be amputated"
   "badly injured"
   "a severely impaired heart"
   "is gravely ill"
   "was seriously ill"
   

1.严肃地;认真地;正经地
You useseriously to indicate that you are not joking and that you really mean what you say.

e.g. seriously, I only smoke in the evenings.
真的，我只在晚上抽烟。

2.(用以询问对方的话是否是认真的)当真,真的.
You say 'seriously' when you are surprised by what someone has said, as a way of asking them if they really mean it.

e.g. 'I tried to chat him up at the general store.' He laughed. 'seriously?'
“我在杂货店里试图跟他搭讪来着。”他笑着说。“真的?”

3. see also: serious

4.认真对待;把…看得很重要
If youtake someone or somethingseriously, you believe that they are important and deserve attention.

e.g. It's hard to take themseriously in their pretty grey uniforms...
他们穿着帅气的灰色制服时，很难对他们郑重其事起来。
e.g. The phrase was not meant to be takenseriously.
此话不必当真。

1. 认真地：11 A 常识运用逻辑推理词义比较 老师询问的是妈妈脸上的疤痕,就肯定是小心谨慎地(carefully),而决不是、也用不着严肃认真地(seriously),紧张不安(nervously),忧虑不安地(anxiously).

2. seriously

2. 认真：近来,仅仅只有少数一些人还对雪人的传说认真(seriously)对待. 注意句中only a few people的意义和these days时间的变迁. take somethingseriously/lightly/jokingly/properly认真严肃地/轻松地/打趣地/适当地对待某事.

3. 严肃地, 认真地：Anxious to please 焦虑地讨好, 渴望地取悦 |seriously 严肃地, 认真地 | Up-to-date 最近的, 跟上时代的

4. 严重地：rapidly迅速地 |seriously严重地 | slightly轻微地

• Do you seriously believe a man can predict the future?

  出自：G. Vidal

• He ate seriously, his eyes cast down.

  出自：A. Brookner

Social Security-(社会保险)

A：Man, they take a lot of our paycheck.
嘿，他们从我的薪水里扣了不少钱哦。

seriously

B：Yeah, the government really takes a bite, doesn’t it?
是呀，政府确实扣除不少。

A：seriously. The only tax I don’t mind them taking is social security. It’s only a few dollars every paycheck.
当然。只有社会保险这种税我不介意上交。每回只要从薪水里面扣除几元钱。

B：Yeah, I don’t mind it either. We’ll both end up rich slobs and not need it, but what if we do, you know?
是呀，我也不介意。我们最终肯定不会缺钱也不会需要它，但是如果我们有这个钱的话，你知道？

A：Yeah. It won’t be much, but at least we’ll have a monthly check when we get old.
是呀，虽然不多，但是最少老了以后每个月有一个固定收入。

B：Yeah. My grandmother gets by on social security and the money my grandfather invested when he was alive.
是呀，我祖母就是靠社会保险金和祖父在世时的投资生活。

A：Let’s just hope the politicians don’t figure out a way to spend it.
让我们巴望政治家们不会想着法子把它用掉吧。

seriously的解释

B：Really？No, they couldn’t. None of them would have jobs if they did.
真的吗？不，不会的。如果他们这样做了，他们的工作就不保了。

We are currently focusing seriously on this matter.

我们正在严肃地处理这个问题。

The judges appeared to weigh the matter seriously.

法官看上去严肃地权衡这一问题。

His reply was taken half seriously, half in jest.

他的答覆看来是半开玩笑半认真的。

You must take very seriously what you engage in.

你必须非常认真地对待你所从事的工作。

Don't take it seriously - he's only teasing.

别把它当真，他只不过是在开玩笑。

seriously damaged, the bridge is no longer in use.

因受到严重损坏，这座桥不再使用了。

He was seriously injured in the traffic accident.

他在车祸中受了重伤。

to be seriously ill'/injured

重病；重伤

You're not seriously expecting me to believe that?

你不是真的以为我会相信那样的话吧？

They are seriously concerned about security.

他们非常关注安全问题。

Smoking can seriously damage your health.

吸烟会严重损害你的健康。

seriously though, it could be really dangerous.

不过说实在的，这事说不好真的很危险。

They're seriously rich.

他们极为富有。

We take threats of this kind very seriously.

我们对这类威胁非常重视。

Why can't you ever take anything seriously?

你怎么对什么都不当回事呢？

seriously, I only smoke in the evenings.

真的，我只在晚上抽烟。

'I tried to chat him up at the general store.' He laughed. 'seriously?'

“我在杂货店里试图跟他搭讪来着。”他笑着说。“真的?”

It's hard to take them seriously in their pretty grey uniforms...

他们穿着帅气的灰色制服时，很难对他们郑重其事起来。

The phrase was not meant to be taken seriously.

此话不必当真。

Being seriously ill, and in fear of death, he made his will.

他病得很重, 害怕会死去, 便立了遗嘱.

The media covers what's new 'u2013 and millions of people dying is nothing new.

媒体总是报告新闻,几百万人将要死去并非新闻.

He was dropped from the team amid speculation that he was seriously ill.

在一片以为他得了重病的猜测中,他被队里除名了.

Strategically we should despise all our enemies, but tactically we should take them all seriously.

在战略上我们要藐视一切敌人, 在战术上我们要重视一切敌人.

The children are always complaining that they are perishing with hunger. Don't take seriously.

孩子们总抱怨他们要饿死了, 甭拿这个当回事.

He was seriously wounded. Blood poured out of the wound.

他伤得很重,伤口血流如注.

I didn't think you meant that seriously; I thought you were teasing.

我未想到你是当真的, 我原以为你是开玩笑的.

How foolish you should be if you were to take these words seriously.

如果你把这些话当真,那你真是太傻了.

Don't take her seriously, it's all an act.

别跟她认真, 她完全是装腔作势罢了.

Don't take her too seriously; she's only flirting with you.

别把她太当真, 她只不过是在和你调情罢了.

The mother is very much afraid for her son who is seriously ill.

母亲很担心自己的儿子,他病得很重.

You must think it over seriously.

你得认真考虑一下.

The pollution of the forest has seriously affected plant life and, to a lesser extent, wildlife.

森林污染对植物有严重的影响, 对野生动物也有一定影响.

Bobby is going about his homework very seriously tonight.

鲍比今天晚上在非常认真地做功课.