Stringent

The word stringent refers to demanding strict attention to rules and procedures.
For three years, the stringent approach has kept Covid cases and deaths relatively low in the country.
Numerous people said that the Nation of Islam’s stringent moral restrictions had repelled them.
The restrictions in China became increasingly stringent following the arrival of the highly infectious Omicron variant.
Europe is home to some of the world’s most stringent regulation and antitrust measures for tech companies.
Severe punishment and stringent laws are required but also we have to go to the roots.

单词Stringent为形容词，其表示“demanding strict attention to rules and procedures”这一含义，即“严格的、严厉的”，与rigorous/strict/rigid构成近义词。该单词在使用时后面一般跟rules/laws/regulations，传递出一种对规则/制度/法律等严格遵守，不允许有太多变通或例外。
使用场景如下：

The central government of China mandated all local authorities to conform the country’s stringent pandemic prevention policy.（中国中央政府要求所有地方当局遵守国家严格的防疫政策。）
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The party will take place outdoors – a pandemic precaution far less stringent than those imposed on the event last year when party-goers could only drive up in a vehicle to collect gifts and a meal to take home and enjoy in solitude.（派对将在户外举行——这种大流行预防措施远没有去年对活动实施的那么严格，当时参加派对的人只能开车去收集礼物和饭菜，带回家独自享受。）
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This documentary seems particularly relevant after the latest gun control measure, a proposal to adopt more stringent background checks, failed last week in the Senate.（在最新的枪支管制措施 – 一项采用更严格的背景调查的提案 – 上周在参议院失败之后，这部纪录片似乎特别重要。）
—Politics