sober /ˈsəʊbə/ CET6 TEM4

• 1. 

  ADJ When you are sober, you are not drunk. 清醒的

  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. 

  ADJ A sober person is serious and thoughtful. 严肃的

  例：

  We are now far more sober and realistic.

  我们现在严肃多了，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. 

  soberly ADV 严肃地

  例：

  "There's a new development," he said soberly.

  “有新的进展，”他严肃地说。

• 4. 

  ADJ Sober colours and clothes are plain and rather dull. (颜色或衣服) 素淡的

  例：

  He dresses in sober grey suits.

  他穿着一套素净的灰色衣服。

• 5. 

  soberly ADV 素淡地 [ADV with v]

  例：

  She saw Ellis, soberly dressed in a well-cut dark suit.

  她看见了埃利斯，素淡地穿着一套裁剪合体的黑西服。

• 6. 

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