SERIOUS/NOT JOKINGmaking you feel very serious 使人警醒的,使人清醒的
It was a sobering thought.
这是一个令人警醒的想法。
The news had a sobering effect.
这消息发人深省。
Examples from the Corpus
sobering• However, undoubtedly the night air would have had a sobering effect, especially as the walk was some 2¾ miles long.• The news had a sobering effect on all of us.• He does a similarly good job on energy, with some soberingfigures on inefficiency and the build-up of toxicwaste.• Neither of them could be described as a soberinginfluence.• Zamaron bought the paintings of both Modigliani and Utrillo and let them out after a sobering night in the cells.• Once again he was in the soberingpresence of violentdeath.• At Cosford I received a soberingshock, being beaten by Lincoln Asquith in the 60 metres.• It was a sobering thought, but one that was whipped out of her mind by Travis's return.• a sobering thought
sobering thought• It was a sobering thought, but one that was whipped out of her mind by Travis's return.• No, it's not a sobering thought, it's a weird one.