sober是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 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，可以開車嗎？

  • I'd had no wine all evening so I was stone cold (= completely) sober. 我一晚上沒有喝酒，所以我非常清醒。

• 1 serious and calm -- 嚴肅的；冷靜的

  • In fact the whole wedding was a sober affair - no dancing, just people standing around in groups chatting politely. 事實上，整場婚禮氣氛很嚴肅——沒有人跳舞，人們只是聚在一起禮貌地交談。

  • Anthony was in a very sober mood - I scarcely heard him laugh all night. 安東尼表現得十分嚴肅——我整個晚上很少聽他笑過。

• 2 Clothes or colours that are sober are plain and not bright. -- （衣物）簡樸的，色彩暗淡的

• 3 to become more calm and serious, or to make someone do this -- （使）變得冷靜；（使）變得嚴肅

  • News of the tragedy sobered us. 關於那場悲劇的消息讓我們變得嚴肅起來。