rigour

英 [ˈrɪɡə(r)]

美 [ˈrɪɡər]

n. 谨慎; 缜密; 严谨; 严格; 严厉; 艰苦; 严酷

复数：rigours　

Collins.1 / BNC.9776

牛津词典

noun

谨慎；缜密；严谨
the fact of being careful and paying great attention to detail
1. academic/intellectual/scientific, etc. rigour
  学术、思想、科学等方面的严谨
严格；严厉
the fact of being strict or severe
1. This crime must be treated with the full rigour of the law.
  这一罪行必须严格依法审理。
艰苦；严酷
the difficulties and unpleasant conditions of sth
1. The plants were unable to withstand the rigours of a harsh winter.
  这些植物经受不住严冬的考验。

in AM, use 美国英语用 rigor

N-PLURAL 困难;艰苦;严苛;严峻
If you refer tothe rigours ofan activity or job, you mean the difficult, demanding, or unpleasant things that are associated with it.
1. He found the rigours of the tour too demanding.
  他发现这次旅行非常艰苦。
2. ...the rigours of childbirth.
  分娩的艰辛
N-UNCOUNT 严格;严密;缜密
If something is done withrigour, it is done in a strict, thorough way.
1. The new current affairs series promises to address challenging issues with freshness and rigour.
  新的时事系列节目承诺以全新的视角和严谨的态度谈论有挑战性的问题。

noun

excessive sternness
1. severity of character
2. the harshness of his punishment was inhuman
3. the rigors of boot camp
Synonym:severityseverenessharshnessrigorrigorousnessrigourousnessinclemencyhardnessstiffness
something hard to endure
1. the asperity of northern winters
Synonym:asperitygrimnesshardshiprigorseverityseverenessrigorousnessrigourousness
the quality of being valid and rigorous
Synonym:cogencyvalidityrigor

It ended with puberty, for the rigour of the theory demanded that it should do so.
因为严格的理论要求它应该作出这样的规定，直到青春期终了为止。
The article fails to explore the issues with any real rigour.
这篇文章没能以任何真正的严密性来考察问题。
There is also a lack of rigour about the phrase private banking.
私人银行业务这个短语也没有严格定义。
The crime will be treated with the full rigour of the law.
这一罪行会严格依法审理。
The academic rigour of his lectures is fortunately tempered with wit.
幸好他的讲座学术上严谨，语言上妙趣横生。
Part of our difficulty is a lack of rigour in Earth sciences.
我们困难的一部分是在地球科学中缺乏严格性。
His formulation is gravely lacking in mathematical rigour.
他的公式严重缺乏数学上的严密性。
Rigour is the concern of philosophy and not of geometry.
严密为哲学而不为几何学所关心。
He deserves to be punished with the full rigour of the law.
他应受到法律最严厉的惩罚。
His arguments display a lack of intellectual rigour.
他的论证缺乏推理的严密性。