简单释义：

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adj. 令人警醒的；使人冷静的

v. “sober”的现在分词

Web 使清醒的；使冷静的；使人清醒的

变形：

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例句：

1. But, secondly, the issues raised are sobering; indeed, if you read this report, it is hard not to feel a sense of deja vu.
   其次，它提到的问题发人深省：的确，你在读这份报告时，很难不产生一种似曾相识的感觉。

2. As the XIII International AIDS Conference drew to a close, some exciting news as well as some sobering figures came to light.
   当第八次世界艾滋病会议接近尾声时，许多令人兴奋的消息和严肃的数据出现了。

3. No sight has ever been so sobering as that fuel, hundreds of gallons of it, streaming past my window out of the plane's tanks.
   从飞机油箱里倒出的几百加仑燃油在我眼前的舷窗外飞流直下，没有比这种景象更能让人清醒的了。

4. Tea is also rich in various vitamins and, for smokers, it helps to discharge nicotine, strong tea proves to be a sobering pick-me-up.
   茶亦在各种维生素丰富，并为吸烟者，有利于解除尼古丁，浓茶被证明是一个发人深省的选择，我的行动。

5. Regardless of what happens next, today's events are a sobering reminder that the two Koreas remain officially at war.
   不管接下来会发生什么，今天的事件提醒我们：朝韩在正式意义上仍是处于战争状态。

6. That sobering realization led to a careful reassessment of every aspect of our mutual relationship to the prospect of such a war.
   这一认识使人们头脑清醒起来，开始认真地对这样一种战争的前景下双方关系的各个方面重新进行认识。

7. That is a sobering thought in a world ready to re-embrace relatively carbon-free nuclear power.
   那在一个准备重新回归相关无碳核动力的世界里是一种清醒的认识。

8. All of which adds up to a simple and sobering verdict about the real state of the U. S. economy.
   所有的这一切都为美国经济的实际状况做出了简单却又令人清醒的定论。