Participants were balanced across the three groups for age, sex, educational background, severity and duration of depression, and use of antidepressant.
2019年6月四級真題（第三套）閱讀 Section C
英語六級真題
Its severity is no match for the Great Depression of 1929.
出自-2013年6月閱讀原文
柯林斯高階英漢雙解學習詞典釋義
ADJ-GRADED
十分嚴重的;極為惡劣的
You use severe to indicate that something bad or undesirable is great or intense.