She can seem stern, but deep down she's a very kind person.

她看上去可能严厉，其实心地非常善良。

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He was a stern critic but an extremely kindly man.

他是一位严厉的批评家，却是一个非常仁慈的人。

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Mr. Monroe issued a stern warning to those who persist in violence.

门罗先生向那些顽守暴力之徒发出严厉警告。

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David Stern, a man on the street here in Jerusalem, supports the prime minister's cautious approach.

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Because these things are unpaired, we have already seen how unpaired electrons play a role in the Stern-Gerlach experiment.

因为它们都是未成对的，我们已经发现,在Stern-Gerlach实验中,未成对电子扮演怎样一个角色了。

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In Jerusalem,Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a stern warning.

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For Detroit's big three, keeping their heads above the new wave of competition from Asia will prove just as stern a test.

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But he seems like a man who would seek to define a clear message, tackling problems with a stern glee, a missionary zeal to challenge a world he feels has gone badly, sadly wrong, and that needs to be re-made in God's image, with the authority of Rome.

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The originals and true replicas sport minimal accoutrements above deck, a wheel that stands alone near the stern like a stranded preacher's lectern and no rails or lifelines to catch passengers who lose their footing on a steeply slanting deck.

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