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rigor n.严格；严厉；严酷；艰苦；严密；精确；[医]寒战；僵直；强直 (1) 这支探险队饱受了加拿大严冬的折磨。(2) 这体现了科学实证的严密。(3) 尸体已经僵硬。 You may have heard of "rigor mortis"––which is a medical term describing the stiffness of a body after death. Rigor used to mean stiffness outside of the corpse context, i.e., sternness. The word changes meaning along with our changing standards for what we want teachers to be.

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英 ['rɪgə] 美 ['rɪgə] (1) The expedition suffered all the rigors of a Canadian winter.(2) It shows the rigor of a scientific proof.(3) Rigor mortis had already set in. When a private school boasts of its academic rigor, it means its students learn a lot and work really hard. Rigor means thoroughness and exhaustiveness––the gold standard for a good teacher. 1  →see: rigour；

英语单词	rigor
英美音标	英 ['rɪgə] 美 ['rɪgə]
中文释义	n.严格；严厉；严酷；艰苦；严密；精确；[医]寒战；僵直；强直
英语例句	(1) The expedition suffered all the rigors of a Canadian winter. (2) It shows the rigor of a scientific proof. (3) Rigor mortis had already set in.
中文例句	(1) 这支探险队饱受了加拿大严冬的折磨。 (2) 这体现了科学实证的严密。 (3) 尸体已经僵硬。
vocabulary简明	When a private school boasts of its academic rigor, it means its students learn a lot and work really hard. Rigor means thoroughness and exhaustiveness––the gold standard for a good teacher.
vocabulary扩展	You may have heard of "rigor mortis"––which is a medical term describing the stiffness of a body after death. Rigor used to mean stiffness outside of the corpse context, i.e., sternness. The word changes meaning along with our changing standards for what we want teachers to be.
柯林斯解释	1 →see: rigour ；

Rigor Means Stiffness 英 Rɪgə] 美 Rɪgə N.严格；严厉；严酷；艰苦；严密；精确；[医]寒战；僵直；强直 Expedition