sober

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so·ber1 /ˈsəʊbə $ ˈsoʊbər/ adjectiveadj

1 DRUNKnot drunk 未喝醉的，清醒的

He’s a nice guy when he’s sober.

他没喝醉时是个不错的家伙。

2 SERIOUS PERSONserious, and thinking or making you think carefully about things 认真的，严肃的

a sober hard-working young man

一个态度认真、工作努力的青年

a sober reminder of the difficulties we face

对我们所面临的困难的严正提醒

3 SIMPLE/PLAINplain and not at all brightly coloured 素淡的，朴素的

a sober grey suit

朴素的灰色套装

—soberly adverbadv

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sober• This fact is the basis for the one-drink-an-hour rule of thumb for remaining sober.• I'll drive you home - I think I'm the only one here that's sober.• I don't think I've ever seen Bill sober.• I hadn't been sober and I'd quite fancied my chances with one of the birds.• Recently his tone has become more sober and philosophical.• I went to see Professor Dandavate, a sober and respected academic.• Now, seeing the sober blue gleam from the Police Station she went in.• He had not retired to bed sober, but then he rarely, if ever, did.• a sober gray suit• They'd gone from legless to stone cold sober in nothing flat.• a sober-looking man in a grey suit• He's a sober, thoughtful, intelligent guy.• Hallucinations and dreams are to be discriminated from sober waking experience.• Was Garcia sober when he drove off?

sober2 (also sober down) verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT]

1 SERIOUS/NOT JOKINGto become more serious in behaviour or attitude, or to make someone become more serious （使）变得持重[谨慎，严肃]

His expression sobered instantly.

他的表情立刻严肃起来。

2 sober up phrasal verbphr v DRUNKto gradually become less drunk, or to make someone become less drunk （使）酒醉后清醒过来，（使）醒酒

I had sobered up by now and felt terrible.

这时候我酒醒了，感觉很糟。

sober somebody ↔ up

Some coffee should sober you up.

喝点咖啡能帮助你醒酒。

Examples from the Corpus

sober up• Give her a little time to sober up.• He didn't sober up till he'd had a cup of strong coffee.

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sober• Even the hardest of the men there was sobered by her outburst.• There was a long silence, both of them sobered by the knowledge that casualties were likely.• But they sobered up, became responsible, democratic adults.

Origin sober1

(1300-1400) Old French sobre, from Latin sobrius

so·ber1 adjectiveadjsober2 verb

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