It is sobering to realize that this is not a new problem.

意识到这并不是新问题，就会使人冷静下来。

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It is a sobering thought that in the 17th century she could have been burned as a witch.

如果是在17世纪，她有可能被当作女巫烧死，这一点是令人深思的。

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There are few more sobering online activities than entering data into college-tuition calculators and gasping as the Web spits back a six-figure sum.

在大学学费计算器里输入数据，然后对着网络吐出来的六位数倒抽一口气——很少有其他在线活动比这种活动更能让人清醒了。

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It has been a sobering time for his government as 18 soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan this month.

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"A very sobering statistic is that for every one person that we put on therapy, two to three people get newly infected."

VOA: standard.2010.07.17

On the need for a second economic stimulus measure, Gibbs would only point to recent statistics, including unemployment numbers, saying they provide "a sobering reminder" of the many economic challenges Americans face.

VOA: standard.2009.03.10

As sobering a thought as it may be, the root of the problem lies with the entire mobile ecosystem.

FORBES: Dear Mobile Industry: Time To Step It Up On Security

Mr. LAMBERTH: It was quite a sobering start for a new attorney general.

NPR: Judge Remembers Time on Top Secret Bench

All this prompted a sobering warning at a recent conference in Denver from Kelly Matthews, chief economist of Utah's First Security Corporation.

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