sobering

US [ˈsoʊbərɪŋ]
UK [ˈsəʊbərɪŋ]
  • adj.令人警醒的；使人冷静的
  • v.“sober”的现在分词
  • Web使清醒的；使冷静的；使人清醒的

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sobering
adj.
1.
令人警醒的；使人冷静的making you feel serious and think carefully
a sobering effect/experience/thought, etc.
令人警醒的效果、经历、思想等
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。

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1.
Bean-counters in Austin, the state capital, had come up with sobering projections, but none of these were official estimates.
州首府奥斯汀（Austin）的会计师也曾就此给出骇人的预测，但都不算官方估值。
zhōu shǒu fǔ ào sī tīng ( Austin ) de kuài jì shī yě céng jiù cǐ gěi chū hài rén de yù cè , dàn dōu bù suàn guān fāng gū zhí 。
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2.
We pay a comedian more for a few hours' entertainment than a Cabinet Minister can earn in a year. It's a sobering thought.
我们支付给一个喜剧演员几个小时的报酬要比一位内阁部长一年的薪金还高。这是一件引人深思的事情。
wǒ men zhī fù gěi yī gè xǐ jù yǎn yuán jǐ gè xiǎo shí de bào chou yào bǐ yī wèi nèi gé bù zhǎng yī nián de xīn jīn hái gāo 。 zhè shì yī jiàn yǐn rén shēn sī de shì qíng 。
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3.
The last four weeks, however, must have been a sobering period for Premier Wen, and not only because developers began to lose their nerve.
但是，在过去四个星期，温家宝总理一定保持着非常清醒的头脑，不仅是因为房地产开发商开始不知所措了。
dàn shì , zài guò qù sì gè xīng qī , wēn jiā bǎo zǒng lǐ yí dìng bǎo chí zhe fēi cháng qīng xǐng de tóu nǎo , bù jǐn shì yīn wèi fáng dì chǎn kāi fā shāng kāi shǐ bù zhī suǒ cuò le 。
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4.
Ashley Judd offers a sad, sobering look into the home life of her famous family in her new memoir, "All That Is Bitter & Sweet. "
艾什莉·贾德在她的新书——自传《痛苦与甜蜜》中，讲述了她用悲伤却清醒的眼光审视她的明星家庭的家庭生活。
ài shí lì · jiǎ dé zài tā de xīn shū —— zì zhuàn 《 tòng kǔ yǔ tián mì 》 zhōng , jiǎng shù le tā yòng bēi shāng què qīng xǐng de yǎn guāng shěn shì tā de míng xīng jiā tíng de jiā tíng shēng huó 。
article.yeeyan.org
5.
All of which adds up to a simple and sobering verdict about the real state of the U. S. economy.
所有的这一切都为美国经济的实际状况做出了简单却又令人清醒的定论。
suǒ yǒu de zhè yí qiè dōu wèi měi guó jīng jì de shí jì zhuàng kuàng zuò chū le jiǎn dān què yòu lìng rén qīng xǐng de dìng lùn 。
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For a world that still looks to the US for economic, political and diplomatic leadership, it would be a sobering moment.
对于那些仍然指望美国在经济、政治和外交方面扮演领导角色的人来说，应该醒醒了。
duì yú nà xiē réng rán zhǐ wàng měi guó zài jīng jì 、 zhèng zhì hé wài jiāo fāng miàn bàn yǎn lǐng dǎo jué sè de rén lái shuō , yīng gāi xǐng xǐng le 。
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Upon sobering up and looking at the notebook in which he had written his drug-addled thoughts, he saw only gibberish.
当他清醒过来，再次审视记载着他混乱思维的笔记本时，他看到的只是垃圾。
dāng tā qīng xǐng guò lái , zài cì shěn shì jì zǎi zhe tā hùn luàn sī wéi de bǐ jì běn shí , tā kàn dào de zhǐ shì lā jī 。
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8.
But the other reason, he said, is more sobering: Few academics are clean enough to point a finger at others.
但还有另一个更重要的原因：没有哪个学者干净到了能够指责他人造假的程度。
dàn hái yǒu lìng yī gè gèng zhòng yào de yuán yīn : méi yǒu nǎ ge xué zhě gān jìng dào le néng gòu zhǐ zé tā rén zào jiǎ de chéng dù 。
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A dire warning from her doctor and a sobering family history got Mary's attention.
医生的严重警告和发人深省的家族史引起了玛丽的警惕。
yī shēng de yán zhòng jǐng gào hé fā rén shēn xǐng de jiā zú shǐ yǐn qǐ le mǎ lì de jǐng tì 。
article.yeeyan.org
10.
The sobering reality, however, is that none of this is going to happen anytime soon if it will ever happen at all.
然而，现实令人清醒，所有这些如果可以实现的话，也不会很快实现。
rán ér , xiàn shí lìng rén qīng xǐng , suǒ yǒu zhè xiē rú guǒ kě yǐ shí xiàn de huà , yě bú huì hěn kuài shí xiàn 。
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