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sobering

/soh-ber-ing/US // ˈsoʊ bər ɪŋ //

令人清醒的,令人清醒的是,清醒的,令人振奋的

Related Words

major主要,主要的,重大,主要内容grievous忧伤的,悲痛的,悲痛,悲伤的dangerous危险的,危险,危险的是,危险性deep深,深深的,深的,深入far-reaching远大的,影响深远的,影响深远,深远的urgent迫切,迫切的,迫切需要,迫切性severe严重,严厉,严峻,严峻的important重要,重要的,重要的是,很重要significant显著的,显著,重要的,有意义的tough艰难的,艰难,坚韧,坚韧的meaningful有意义的,有意思的,有意义,意味深长的difficult困难,难,艰难,困难的dim暗淡,昏暗,昏暗的,暗淡无光mitigate缓解,减轻,减轻影响,缓和dampen沾湿,沾沾自喜,沾湿了,润湿temper节制,回火,脾气,锻炼play down贬低,衰减,跌宕起伏,贬低了restrain克制,拘束,限制,抑制soften变得柔和,变得柔软,变得柔和了,变得柔和起来modulate调制,调控,调变,调解

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : serious, grave, or solemn:One of the most sobering visits was to the cemetery at Omaha Beach where 18,000 American servicemen lie buried.The agency has issued a sobering warning about the health of the world's oceans.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inserious
Synonyms
dangerous危险的,危险,危险的是,危险性deep深,深深的,深的,深入difficult困难,难,艰难,困难的far-reaching远大的,影响深远的,影响深远,深远的grievous忧伤的,悲痛的,悲痛,悲伤的important重要,重要的,重要的是,很重要major主要,主要的,重大,主要内容meaningful有意义的,有意思的,有意义,意味深长的severe严重,严厉,严峻,严峻的significant显著的,显著,重要的,有意义的tough艰难的,艰难,坚韧,坚韧的urgent迫切,迫切的,迫切需要,迫切性arduous艰巨的,艰辛的,艰巨,艰辛fateful命中注定,命中注定的,命运之神,命中注定的事fell跌落,坠落,跌倒,跌倒了formidable厉害的,艰巨的,强大的,可怕的grave严重,墓穴,墓葬,墓室grim严峻的,严酷的,严峻,严肃的hard艰苦,艰难的,艰难,艰苦的heavy沉重,沉重的,重,厚重laborious辛苦,辛苦的,费力的,费力menacing来势汹汹,咄咄逼人,来势汹汹的,咄咄逼人的momentous巨大的,轰轰烈烈的,轰轰烈烈,重要的no joke不开玩笑,不是玩笑,不是开玩笑,不是笑话no laughing matter无可厚非,笑话,无可厚非的事,笑料百出of consequence的后果,的结果,的结果是,的后果是operose操作性,戏曲,运作,运营out for blood嗜血成性,嗜血如命,嗜血,嗜血的人playing hard ball打硬仗,打硬球,玩硬球,硬球pressing迫切,逼迫,迫切性,迫切的smoking吸烟,吸烟问题,吸烟的,吸烟的人strenuous费力的,费力,吃力,艰苦strictly business严格的业务,严格的商业,严格意义上的商业,严格意义上的业务threatening威胁性,威胁性的,威胁,具有威胁性ugly丑陋,丑陋的,丑恶的,丑恶unamusing无趣,无趣的,无聊的,无聊unhumorous毫不夸张地说,毫不夸张,无聊的,无聊worrying忧虑,忧心忡忡,担忧,堪忧
as intone down
Synonyms
dampen沾湿,沾沾自喜,沾湿了,润湿dim暗淡,昏暗,昏暗的,暗淡无光mitigate缓解,减轻,减轻影响,缓和modulate调制,调控,调变,调解play down贬低,衰减,跌宕起伏,贬低了restrain克制,拘束,限制,抑制soften变得柔和,变得柔软,变得柔和了,变得柔和起来temper节制,回火,脾气,锻炼chill out冷静下来,寒心,寒暄,寒意cloud云,云层,云雾,云端darken变黑,发黑,变黑了,变暗deepen深化,加深,加强,深入reduce减少,降低,削减,缩小shade阴影,遮遮掩掩,阴凉处,遮蔽sober清醒的,清醒,冷静的,清醒的人soft-pedal软脚板,软式踏板,软踏板,软脚踏subdue制服,镇住了,收服,征服

Examples

  • Still, any company that spends even thousands of dollars on TV ads, much less millions or billions, would have to be sobered by Anna Tuchman’s findings.

  • From late 2011 through 2012 and into 2013 in meeting rooms in various cities, sober administrators who manage a non-sober sport came to gradual and then vast layers of agreement.

  • The survey asked individuals about their most memorable rendezvous with a supreme figure, either when sober or when they had taken a psychedelic.

  • Despite everything they went through in the past, they decided to get sober, and a lot of them are four and five months sober.

  • People who wish to use mind-altering substances should make sure to take them in a safe, controlled setting with a sober buddy to keep an eye on them.

  • A sobering article on gang rape inside a UVA fraternity has Wahoo alumni like myself up in arms.

  • For these people the disaster over the Mojave Desert is a sobering wake-up call.

  • What Webb offers is a sobering, moralistic way of looking at the world.

  • A sobering CollegeHumor video reflects on the social consequences of every single activity in your daily life.

  • It is sobering and extremely disappointing to find that heroes of past generations played it so close to the dark side.

  • "Poor old Dan Higgins," said Andy, with a sobering of his good-natured face.

  • Their arrival had an oddly sobering effect upon young Westmacott, for which Mr. Vallancey was thankful.

  • He ate them all himself slowly, and was so very quiet and well-behaved all the time that Tommy hoped he was sobering down.

  • "I have my sweater," replied the girl, her gay face sobering.

  • It was merely a case of "sobering up" explained the peace-maker, as he rejoined the street crowd.

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