1·I need hardly state that my cousin was not a severe critic; in point of fact the opinions he expressed would have done splendidly as advertisements.
我都不需要说明他不是一个严厉的批评家。事实上，他表达的意见用来做广告的话，肯定效果不俗。
2·"Praise or blame has but a momentary effect on the man whose love of beauty in the abstract makes him a severe critic on his own works" (John Keats).
赞扬或指责对这个人只有瞬间效应，对抽象美的热爱使他对自己的作品严加批判(约翰·凯兹)。
3·A severe self-critic, he dealt poorly with sniping from others.
他对别人的恶意中伤却嗤之以鼻，却是一位严厉的自我批评者。