stern adjective
/stɜːn/
/stɝːn/ adj
/stɝːn/ adj •
severe, or showing disapproval
a stern look/warning/voice
She is her own sternest critic.
Journalists received a stern warning not to go anywhere near the battleship.
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If something, such as a job, is stern, it is difficult
The President is facing the sternest test of his authority since he came to power five years agonghiem khắc
impose verb (FORCE)
/ɪmˈpəʊz//-ˈpoʊz/ v
/-ˈpoʊz/ v •
[T] to officially force a rule, tax, punishment, etc. to be obeyed or received
Very high taxes have recently been imposed on cigarettes.
Judges are imposing increasingly heavy fines for minor driving offences.
The council has imposed a ban on alcohol in the city parks.
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[T] to force someone to accept something, especially a belief or way of living
I don't want them to impose their religious beliefs on my children.
We must impose some kind of order on the way this office is run.
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