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

• 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。
• I said there was no more wine in the house, a white lie amply justified by the need to get him sobered up.
  我说家里再也没有酒了，一个善意的谎言，我说得心安理得，因为是为了让他醒过酒来。
• The offender apologized when he sobered up.
  冒犯者醒酒后道了歉。
• The excited people sobered down.
  那些兴奋的人们冷静下来了。
• The reality has sobered him up.
  现实使他清醒过来。
• She still hasn't sobered up.
  她还酒醉未醒。
• He sobered up enough to go home.
  他定下心神后就回了家。
• The crowd soon sobered down.
  群众不久就清醒下来起来了。
• I'm not letting you get behind the wheel until you've sobered up.
  这句话是双重否定句。除非你完全清醒了，我才会让你开车。
• 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。