sober

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◎ 单词释义

adj.清醒的;稳重的;沉着冷静的;颜色暗淡的

vt.使清醒;使沉着

vi.清醒;冷静下来

副词: soberly 比较级: soberer 最高级: soberest 名词: soberness 过去式: sobered 过去分词: sobered 现在分词: sobering 第三人称单数: sobers

/">大学英语2011考研英语核心单词大全adj.(形容词)

    严肃的,庄重的,庄严的

    冷静的,镇静的

    清醒的,没喝醉的,不过量饮酒的

    朴素的,素净的,朴实的

    认真的,审慎的

    稳重的,持重的

    节酒的

    饮食有节制的

    非极端的

    非想像的

    不夸张的

    n.(名词)

      清醒乐队,一支来自中国的摇滚乐队

      v.(动词)

        使清醒;使醒酒

        使冷静;使严肃;使持重;使自制

        醒酒;清醒起来

        变得冷静;变得严肃;变得持重;自制

        变认真

        使认真

        使忧郁

        v.(动词)

          vt. & vi. 严肃; 镇定 make or become sober

          vt. & vi. (使)清醒 make sb avoid drunkness; recover from too much alcoholic drink

          verb

          1. become sober after excessive alcohol consumption

          e.g. Keep him in bed until he sobers up

          Synonym: sober up

          2. become more realistic

          e.g. After thinking about the potential consequences of his plan, he sobered up

          Synonym: sober up

          3. cause to become sober

          e.g. A sobering thought

          adj

          1. lacking brightness or color
          dull

          e.g. drab faded curtains
          sober Puritan grey
          children in somber brown clothes

          Synonym: drabsombersombre

          2. not affected by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)

          3. dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises

          e.g. a grave God-fearing man
          a quiet sedate nature
          as sober as a judge
          a solemn promise
          the judge was solemn as he pronounced sentence

          Synonym: gravesedatesolemn

          4. completely lacking in playfulness

          Synonym: unplayfulserious

          1. 清醒的;没喝醉的
          When you are sober, you are not drunk.

          e.g. When Dad was sober he was a good father.
          不喝醉的时候,爸爸是一个好父亲。

          2. 严肃的;审慎的;头脑清醒的
          A sober person is serious and thoughtful.

          e.g. We are now far more sober and realistic...
          我们现在清醒、现实多了。
          e.g. 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。

          soberly
          'There's a new development,' he said soberly.
          他表情严肃地说:“又有了新情况。”

          3. (颜色、衣服)素淡的,素净的,古板的
          Sober colours and clothes are plain and rather dull.

          e.g. He dresses in sober grey suits.
          他总是穿素净的灰西服。
          e.g. ...sober-suited middle-aged men.
          衣着素淡的中年男子

          soberly
          She saw Ellis, soberly dressed in a well-cut dark suit.
          她看见了埃利斯,他穿着一身裁剪合体的素净的黑西装。

          4. see also: sobering

          5. stone-cold sober -> see stone-cold

          相关词组:sober up

          1. sober是什么意思

          1. 严谨、沉着的:有組織的organized | 嚴謹、沉著的sober | 盡責的conscientious

          2. 冷静的:sopping 湿透的 | sober 冷静的 | sob 啜泣

          3. 清醒的:somber:阴郁的 | sober:清醒的 | soporific:催眠的

          4. sober:sociedade brasileira de economistas rurais; 巴西农村经济学家协会

          v.(动词)

          sober的基本意思是节制饮食,专指不醉酒,可指在特定场合〔时间〕不醉酒,也可指习惯性的不醉酒。引申可指在紧张、兴奋的情况下所表现出的头脑冷静、沉着和不受感情、偏见、恐惧或其他不合情理的行为的影响而处于冷静状态。

          sober可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,主要接人作宾语。

          表示“(使)醒酒”,常说sober up; 表示“(使)清醒”,常说sober down。

          以上就是本站详细整理的词语sober是什么意思的翻译解释,供大家参考一下。

sober的用法及例句:

I'm sober enough.(我很清醒。)

The speeches have been sober and pragmatic.(各方的发言是冷静的,也是务实的。)

They taught me how to be sober and sane.(他们教我如何保持清醒和理智。)

He was tipsy yesterday, but now is sober.(他昨天醉醺醺的,但现在是清醒的。)

He was an excellent actor, and a man of sober habit.(他滴酒不沾,是一个优秀的演员。)

I promised him that I'd stay sober tonight.(我答应过他,今晚我不会喝醉。)

The binding is sober and solid.(装订朴素而牢固。)

It was a room filled with sad, sober faces.(这是一个满是忧伤和严肃面孔的房间。)

He'd been drunk when I arrived. Now he was sober.(我到的时候他已经喝醉了。现在他清醒了。)

The lessons learned at the cost of blood helped to sober us.(血的教训使我们的头脑清醒了。)

用作动词(v.)

(使)清醒起来,冷静下来 (cause to) become less excited
sober down

The class sobered down as the teacher came into the room.

老师走进了教室,全班就安静了下来。

Please sober down a bit; I've got some important news for you.

请冷静,我有重要消息要告诉你。

sober sb ⇔ down

I suppose one bad crash and two near misses would sober most people down.

我想,一次撞车和两次险些相撞会使大多数人严肃起来。

You must find a way to sober the children down.

你想个办法让孩子们平静下来。

1. as sober as a judge : 象法官一样严肃认真;

用作动词(v.)

The bad news sobered all of us.
那坏消息使我们严肃认真起来。The voice of our dean sobered him a little.
主任的声音使他平静了一些。Who would like to sober the children?
谁愿意去让孩子们安静下来?

用作动词 (v.)

~+名词

sober children使孩子们静下来sober crowd使人群静下来sober students使学生静下来

~+副词

sober extremely极度严肃sober moderately适度地严肃sober occasionally〔uncommonly,unusually〕非常清醒sober thoughtfully彻底地清醒sober down清醒sober up醒酒

He felt perfectly sober, but technically he was far over the legal alcohol limit.