sober

• adj. 冷静的，清醒的；未醉的
• vt. 使严肃；使醒酒，使清醒
• n. (Sober)人名；(英)索伯

1. cause to become sober;

"A sobering thought"

2. become more realistic;

"After thinking about the potential consequences of his plan, he sobered up"

3. become sober after excessive alcohol consumption;

"Keep him in bed until he sobers up"

sober

sober: [13] Sober comes via Old French sobre from Latin sōbrius ‘not drunk’. This was the opposite of ēbrius ‘drunk’ (source of French ivre ‘drunk’ and English inebriate [15]), but where ēbrius came from, and precisely what connection the presumably related sōbrius has with it, are not known.
=> inebriate

sober (v.)

late 14c., "reduce to a quiet condition" (transitive), from sober (adj.). Meaning "render grave or serious" is from 1726. Intransitive sense of "become sober" (since 1847 often with up) is from 1820. Related: Sobered; sobering.

sober (adj.)

mid-14c., "moderate in desires or actions, temperate, restrained," especially "abstaining from strong drink," also "calm, quiet, not overcome by emotion," from Old French sobre "decent; sober" (12c.), from Latin sobrius "not drunk, temperate, moderate, sensible," from a variant of se- "without" (see se-) + ebrius "drunk," of unknown origin. Meaning "not drunk at the moment" is from late 14c.; also "appropriately solemn, serious, not giddy." Related: Soberly; soberness. Sobersides "sedate, serious-minded person" is recorded from 1705.

earnest, serious, grave, severe, solemn, sober

这些形容词均有"严肃的"之意。

earnest： 指严肃，认真，含诚恳和热情意味。

serious： 指具有关键、严肃或严重意义的事情。

grave： 侧重严肃和尊严，需要认真思考，含令人担忧意味。

severe： 指面孔的严肃，法律的严厉，伤病的严重。着重严厉性，无丝毫温情。

solemn： 指人表情或场景气氛严肃，侧重威严名印象深刻。

sober： 侧重因控制或抑制自己的感情而表现出的庄重。

I turn to eccentric measures to try to keep my mind sober and ensure that I have time to do nothing at all (which is the only time when I can see what I should be doing the rest of the time).

出自-2012年12月阅读原文

Eccentric measures are needed to keep one's mind sober

出自-2012年12月阅读原文

The sobering aspect of Allen‘s book is that we have no one else to blame for our present condition except ourselves.

出自-2011年考研翻译原文

“Hooray! At last!” wrote Anthony Tommasini, a sober-sided classical-music critic.

出自-2011年考研阅读原文

I promised him that I'd stay sober tonight.

我答应过他，今晚我不会喝醉。

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He was as sober as a judge (= completely sober ) .

他一点没醉。

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a sober assessment of the situation

对形势的冷静估计

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He is honest, sober and hard-working.

他诚实、稳重、勤奋。

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On sober reflection (= after some serious thought) , I don't think I really need a car after all.

冷静地想了想以后，我觉得我其实并不需要车。

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a sober grey suit

一套素净的灰西装

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The bad news sobered us for a while.

坏消息使我们冷静了一会儿。

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He suddenly sobered.

他突然严肃起来。

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Stay here with us until you've sobered up.

你就待在我们这儿，等酒醒了再走。

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When Dad was sober he was a good father.

不喝醉的时候，爸爸是一个好父亲。

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We are now far more sober and realistic...

我们现在清醒、现实多了。

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It was a room filled with sad, sober faces...

房间里坐满了人，大家都一脸的忧伤和严肃。

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He dresses in sober grey suits.

他总是穿素净的灰西服。

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...sober-suited middle-aged men.

衣着素淡的中年男子

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The hall was at present occupied by two sober men and their indignant wives.

大厅里还有两位没有喝醉的男人和他们的气势汹汹的太太.

辞典例句

I came away from chapel very sober.

从教堂出来,我头脑清醒多了.

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The forests had put on their sober brown and yellow.

树林已经穿上了它们严肃的棕黄色的衣裳.

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He came home sober too, but that was none of Scarlett's doing.

他每次回家都没有喝醉, 不过这决不是思嘉的功劳.

飘（部分）

Anyone who's been sober at a bar is familiar with this paradox.

如果你曾在酒吧还保持清醒,一定对这个看似矛盾的结论不陌生.

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I hope this coffee may sober him up.

我希望这杯咖啡能使他醒醒酒.

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Some black coffee will help to sober him up.

一些黑咖啡将有助于使他清醒.

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They were all drunk except for the driver , who was sober as a judge.

他们都喝醉了,只有司机非常清醒.

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Byron said to his father in a flat frigid sober voice,'she's not on that boat. "

拜伦用毫无表情的,冷淡而清醒的声音说: “ 她不在那条船上. ”

辞典例句

He slept himself sober.

他藉睡眠于自己清醒.

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You're drunk. I'm sober as a judge.

你喝醉了. 我一点也没醉.

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