stern

Compared meaning: demanding strict obedience or control (adjective).

比较义项：严格的，严厉的（形容词）。

• stern 本词

  Stern describes a person's serious, severe manner, tone, or expression - often a look, voice, or warning - rather than a rule itself; it suggests disapproval without necessarily meaning formal strictness.

  stern描述人严肃、严厉的态度、语气或表情——通常是眼神、声音或警告，而不是规则本身；它带有不满的意味，未必表示正式的严格。

  The coach gave the players a stern look when they arrived late for practice.

  球员训练迟到时，教练给了他们一个严厉的眼神。

• tight

  Tight describes control, security, or schedules with no flexibility or looseness, often in phrases like 'tight control', 'tight security', or 'run a tight ship'; it's less used for describing strict people directly.

  tight描述毫无松动余地的管控、安保或日程安排，常用于tight control（严格管控）、tight security（严密安保）或run a tight ship（管理严格）等搭配；较少直接用来形容严格的人。

  The new manager runs a tight ship and expects everyone to follow procedure exactly.

  新任经理管理严格，要求每个人都严格按照流程办事。

• strict

  Strict is the most general, neutral word for demanding exact compliance with rules; it can describe people, parents, teachers, or rules themselves, in both formal and everyday contexts.

  strict是表示严格遵守规则、要求完全服从的最通用、最中性的词，既可以形容人（父母、老师），也可以形容规则本身，正式和日常场合都常用。

  Our new babysitter is strict about screen time, allowing only one hour a day.

  我们新来的保姆在屏幕时间上很严格，每天只允许看一小时。

Stern, tight, and strict all express strictness, but differ. Stern describes a person's serious, severe manner or expression, not a rule itself. Tight describes control, security, or schedules with no flexibility. Strict is the most general, neutral word, for people, parents, teachers, or rules.

这些词都可以表示严格，但语气和用法不同：stern侧重人的表情、语气或态度严肃威严；tight侧重管控、安保或日程毫无松动余地，常见搭配为tight control（严格管控）、tight security（严密安保）；strict是最常用、最中性的词，既可形容人也可形容规则本身。这里不比较tight表示「紧的、紧身的」（如鞋子太紧）的含义。