市政府官员随后决定采取严厉措施。

The city officials then decided to take drastic action.

对此，拿破仑立即采取严厉措施。

Napoleon acted swiftly and ruthlessly.

或者，央行会采取严厉措施应对通胀而使经济陷入衰退吗？

Alternatively, will they crack down so hard on inflation that they force their economies into recession?

格兰和也承认，电池生产集群是否有利于纳税人还要可能美国是否对碳排放采取严厉措施。

As Ms Granholm admits, whether the battery cluster turns out to be a good deal for taxpayers may depend on America adopting tough policies towards carbon emissions.

在星期天举行的民意测验显示，某些欧洲领导人采取严厉措施来控制预算赤字的做法需要付出政治代价。

An opinion poll out on Sunday showed the political price that some European leaders must pay for imposing austerity to get their budget deficits under control.