sterner
严厉的
坚决的（stern 的比较级）
例句
The police are planning sterner measures to combat crime.
警方正制订更严厉的措施打击犯罪活动。
《牛津词典》
In private, though, the dialogue was sterner.
然而私底下的对话就严厉多了。
Sterner measures are surely in the offing.
更严厉的举措无疑箭在弦上。
