sobered

英 [ˈsəʊbəd]

美 [ˈsoʊbərd]

v.  (使)变得持重，变得冷静
sober的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 清醒的;没喝醉的
  When you aresober, you are not drunk.
  1. When Dad was sober he was a good father.
     不喝醉的时候，爸爸是一个好父亲。
• ADJ-GRADED 严肃的;审慎的;头脑清醒的
  Asoberperson is serious and thoughtful.
  1. We are now far more sober and realistic...
     我们现在清醒、现实多了。
  2. 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。
  3. The euphoria is giving way to a more sober assessment of the situation.
     兴高采烈的情绪不见了，取而代之的是对局面更为清醒的认识。
• ADJ-GRADED (颜色、衣服)素淡的，素净的，古板的
  Sobercolours and clothes are plain and rather dull.
  1. He dresses in sober grey suits.
     他总是穿素净的灰西服。
  2. ...sober-suited middle-aged men.
     衣着素淡的中年男子
• See also:sobering
• stone-cold sober→ see:stone-cold

双语例句

• Policymakers who came to Washington for this previously scheduled meeting of the IMF and World Bank governing body were sobered by the sudden deterioration in the world economic outlook.
  到华盛顿来参加这次事先计划中的国际货币基金和世界银行指导委员会会议的各国政策官员，面对世界经济突然恶化的前景感到情势的严峻。
• The disturbances have sobered us all.
  这次动乱后，大家的头脑清醒了。
• The atmosphere of tense expectancy soBered everyone.
  这种期望的紧张气氛使每个人变得严肃起来。
• His anger that came off him like cold smoke off ice, sobered their laughter and snuffed out their familiar friendliness.
  他的怒火就像从冰上冒出的冷气，吓得他们两人不再笑了，同时也扑灭了他们那种熟不拘礼的热情。
• The setback sobered all of us down.
  这一挫折使我们大家都清醒了。
• At eighteen he sobered down.
  十八岁的时候他开始走上正道。
• The crowd soon sobered down.
  群众不久就清醒下来起来了。
• The bad news sobered all of us.
  那条坏消息使我们全都变严肃了。
• In the last two years, we have seen the desire for liberty in the broader Middle East-and we have been sobered by the enemy's fierce reaction.
  最近两年，我们在范围更加广泛的中东看到了自由的愿望&敌人的激烈反应使我们清醒。
• As Philpot had remarked, the fall had to some extent sobered him.
  正如菲尔波特说的，那一跤使他多少清醒了一些。