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it is necessary to revise the law to allow police and the legislature to deal sternly  with the lawless. 
修改法律讓警察和立法機關嚴厲地處理不法份子是必要的

deal sternly with 嚴厲地處理它

deal with 處理 解決 打交道

When society is in great disorder, harsh laws and stern嚴厲的，苛刻的 measures must be used to restore修復；使重定 order.

In __(31)__ of the recent surge陡增，遽增，急遽上升 of crime in our society, it is necessary to revise更改, 修訂 the law to allow police and the legislature立法機構 to deal sternly嚴厲地，苛刻 __(32)__ the lawless.

stern翻译：嚴厲的，苛刻的, （工作等）嚴峻的，棘手的, 船尾；艉。