sobering

英 [ˈsəʊbərɪŋ]

美 [ˈsoʊbərɪŋ]

adj.  令人警醒的; 使人冷静的
v.  (使)变得持重，变得冷静
sober的现在分词

现在分词：sobering　

Collins.1 / BNC.18738 / COCA.12685

牛津词典

adj.

• 令人警醒的；使人冷静的
  making you feel serious and think carefully
  1. a sobering effect/experience/thought, etc.
     令人警醒的效果、经历、思想等
  2. It is sobering to realize that this is not a new problem.
     意识到这并不是新问题，就会使人冷静下来。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 严峻的;令人深思的;令人头脑清醒的
  You say that something is asoberingthought or has asoberingeffect when a situation seems serious and makes you become serious and thoughtful.
  1. Statistics paint a sobering picture — unemployment, tight credit, lower home values, sluggish job growth.
     统计数据描绘了一幅不容乐观的画面：失业率攀升，信贷从紧，家庭观念淡薄，就业机会增长缓慢。
  2. The events of October 1987 had a sobering effect on managers of large funds.
     1987 年 10 月的事件令那些管理大量资金的经理变得冷静了许多。

英英释义

adj

• tending to make sober or more serious
  1. the news had a sobering effect

双语例句

• But some assessments of the technological challenge ahead are sobering.
  但是一些对面临的技术挑战的评估令人清醒。
• The sobering fact remains that decrepit infrastructure makes Chinese-style growth of 10 per cent or higher unattainable.
  一个令人警醒的事实依然存在：即老旧的基础设施，使巴西难以实现中国式的10%乃至更高经济增长。
• Guess they were afraid you were sobering up.
  我猜他们是怕你清醒过来。
• Their sobering conversation brought home to everyone present the serious and worthwhile work the Red Cross does.
  他们发人深省的对话使在座的每个人都清楚地认识到红十字会所从事的严肃而有价值的工作。
• Idealism is romantic, but reality is more sobering.
  理想主义固然浪漫，但现实更为理智。
• Then I came home to a sobering reality: 1,379 messages in my inbox.
  但是一回到家中，我又得面对让人清醒的现实：收件箱里塞着1379封未读邮件。
• The events of October 1987 had a sobering effect on managers of large funds.
  1987年10月的事件令那些管理大量资金的经理变得冷静了许多。
• However, the results were more sobering for Japan and the European Union.
  而日本和欧盟的结果则冷静许多。
• This is sobering, since it means that controlling expectations may not provide policymakers with the leverage they hoped to use in keeping future inflation low and stable.
  这一发现令人觉醒，因为它意味着，控制人们对通胀的预期，可能不会给决策者带来他们所希望的影响力，他们无法借此将未来的通胀水平维持在低位并保持稳定。
• This carries sobering lessons for European leaders.
  这给欧洲领导人带来了发人深省的教训。