Какво означава sober на английски?

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sober Значение & определение

0 not drunk or affected by alcohol:
- Are you sober enough to drive, Jim?
- I'd had no wine all evening so I was stone cold (= completely) sober.
- Steve is a recovering alcoholic who has been sober for a decade.
- A family crisis often forces alcoholics to get sober.
1 serious and calm:
- In fact the whole wedding was a sober affair - no dancing, just people standing around in groups chatting politely.
- Anthony was in a very sober mood - I scarcely heard him laugh all night.
2 Clothes or colours that are sober are plain and not bright.
3 to become more calm and serious, or to make someone do this:
- News of the tragedy sobered us.
4 having had no alcohol; not drunk
5 serious and calm:
- The sober expression had not left Martin’s face.

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.
Antenatal counselling of parents should also include these sobering statistics, relating both to perinatal and chronic morbidity.
No less revealing was die supposedly sober businessman's readiness to enter the highly dangerous and speculative world of piracy.
Meanwhile, his wife listened with a sober expression on her face.