新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

sober

英  [ˈsəʊbə]
    

[ADJ]

    ADJ. 形容词
  • 1清醒的

    When you are sober, you are not drunk.

    双语例句

    例:

    He'd been drunk when I arrived. Now he was sober.

    我到的时候他已经喝醉了。现在他清醒了。

    2严肃的 , 头脑清醒的

    A sober person is serious and thoughtful.

    双语例句

    例:

    We are now far more sober and realistic.

    我们现在清醒多了,也现实多了。

    例:

    It was a room filled with sad, sober faces.

    这是一个满是忧伤和严肃面孔的房间。

    3(颜色或衣服)素淡的

    Sober colours and clothes are plain and rather dull.

    近义词

    sombre

    双语例句

    例:

    He dresses in sober grey suits.

    他穿着一套素净的灰色衣服。

    PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词
  • sobers , sobering , sobered

    sober up

    1[PHRASAL 短语] 醒酒

    If someone sobers up, or if something sobers them up, they become sober after being drunk.

    双语例句

    例:

    He was left to sober up in a police cell.

    他被留在警察局的一间拘留室里醒酒。

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