seriously
adv
1 in a serious way 严肃地; 庄重地; 启发性地; 严重地; 认真地
speak seriously to her about it 跟她认真地谈谈这件事
seriously ill, injured, etc 病得、 伤得...很重.
2 (infml 口) (used at the beginning of a sentence when turning to a serious matter 用以将话题转到正经事上, 置於句首)
Seriously though, you could really hurt yourself doing that. 说正经的, 你那样做可真要自讨苦吃了. =>Usage at hopeful 用法见hopeful.
3 (idm 习语) take sb/sth seriously regard sb/sth as important and worth treating with respect 认真对待某人[某事物]
You can't take her promises seriously
she never keeps her word. 她答应的事不必当真, 她从来说话不算数.
I take this threat very seriously. 我认为这种威胁非同小可.
I suggest that we ask users of this machine what they think about it. We can photograph them using it too. Then we can put their comments at the top of the advertisement in big print. We can bring in some humour too. People enjoy reading humorous ads.