sober
sober 英 [ˈsəʊbə(r)] 美 [ˈsoʊbə(r)]
adj. 清醒的,冷静的;淡素的 vt. 使醒酒,使清醒
进行时:sobering 过去式:sobered 过去分词:sobered 第三人称单数:sobers
- This adjective means the opposite of playful or drunk. When attending a funeral, you are expected to be sober in both senses.
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- adj. 清醒的,冷静的;淡素的
- vt. 使醒酒,使清醒
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1. 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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2. a sober assessment of the situation
对形势的冷静估计
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3. He is honest, sober and hard-working.
他诚实、稳重、勤奋。
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4. a sober grey suit
一套素净的灰西装
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5. The bad news sobered us for a while.
坏消息使我们冷静了一会儿。
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6. Stay here with us until you've sobered up.
你就待在我们这儿,等酒醒了再走。
- 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.
- 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.
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