严重

我知道你们的所做的一切并不只是为了赢得选举，我也知道你们做这一切并不是为了我。你们这样做是因为你们明白前面的任务有多么艰巨。即便我们今晚欢呼庆祝，我们也知道明天将面临我们一生之中最艰难的挑战——两场战争、一个面临危险的星球，一个世纪以来最严重的金融危机。

我知道你們的所做的一切並不只是爲了贏得選舉，我也知道你們做這一切並不是爲了我。你們這樣做是因爲你們明白前面的任務有多麼艱鉅。即便我們今晚歡呼慶祝，我們也知道明天將面臨我們一生之中最艱難的挑戰——兩場戰爭、一個面臨危險的星球，一個世紀以來最嚴重的金融危機。

And I know you didn't do this just to win an election. And I know you didn't do it for me. You did it because you understand the enormity of the task that lies ahead. For even as we celebrate tonight, we know the challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime: two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century.

事情比我们最初想象的更严重。

事情比我們最初想象的更嚴重。

It was much worse than we initially thought.

融化中的极地冰盖也可以使海平面上涨的势态更加严重。

融化中的極地冰蓋也可以使海平面上漲的勢態更加嚴重。

Melting polar icecaps could also contribute to an increase in sea levels.

由于一些工厂使用矿物燃料，化学品的排放已经产生严重的环境问题。

由於一些工廠使用礦物燃料，化學品的排放已經產生嚴重的環境問題。

As a result of some factories using fossil fuels, chemical emissions have already caused serious environmental problems.

他受到严重的虐待。

他受到嚴重的虐待。

He was treated with great cruelty.