sober
柯林斯詞典
1. ADJ When you are sober, you are not drunk. 清醒的
He'd been drunk when I arrived. Now he was sober. 我到的時(shí)候他已經(jīng)喝醉了?,F(xiàn)在他清醒了。
2. ADJ A sober person is serious and thoughtful. 嚴(yán)肅的
We are now far more sober and realistic. 我們現(xiàn)在嚴(yán)肅多了,也現(xiàn)實(shí)多了。
It was a room filled with sad, sober faces. 這是一個(gè)滿是憂傷和嚴(yán)肅麪孔的房間。
3. soberlyADV 嚴(yán)肅地
"There's a new development," he said soberly. “有新的進(jìn)展,”他嚴(yán)肅地說(shuō)。
4. ADJ Sober colours and clothes are plain and rather dull. (顔色或衣服) 素淡的
He dresses in sober grey suits. 他穿著一套素淨(jìng)的灰色衣服。
5. soberlyADV 素淡地[ADV with v]
She saw Ellis, soberly dressed in a well-cut dark suit. 她看見(jiàn)了埃利斯,素淡地穿著一套裁剪郃躰的黑西服。
6. →see also sobering
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sober /?s??b?/
劍橋詞典
- I hadn't drunk a thing - I was completely sober.
- I was too sober to enjoy the party .
- I'd better be sober by the time my mother gets here.
- He seemed fairly sober to me.
- I have to drive tonight so I'm sober.
sober adjective (NOT DRUNK)
not drunk or affected by alcohol未醉的,清醒的
Are you sober enough to drive , Jim? 吉姆,你夠不夠清醒,可以開(kāi)車嗎?
I'd had no wine all evening so I was stone cold (= completely ) sober. 我一晚上沒(méi)有喝酒,所以我非常清醒。
例句
sober adjective (SERIOUS)
serious and calm嚴(yán)肅的;冷靜的
In fact the whole wedding was a sober affair - no dancing , just people standing around in groups chatting politely . 事實(shí)上,整場(chǎng)婚禮氣氛很嚴(yán)肅——沒(méi)有人跳舞,人們衹是聚在一起禮貌地交談。
Anthony was in a very sober mood - I scarcely heard him laugh all night . 安東尼表現(xiàn)得十分嚴(yán)肅——我整個(gè)晚上很少聽(tīng)他笑過(guò)。
sober adjective (NOT BRIGHT)
Clothes or colours that are sober are plain and not bright .(衣物)簡(jiǎn)樸的,色彩暗淡的 返回 sober