sober

柯林斯詞典

1. ADJ When you are sober, you are not drunk. 清醒的
He'd been drunk when I arrived. Now he was sober. 我到的時候他已經喝醉了。現(xiàn)在他清醒了。
2. ADJ A sober person is serious and thoughtful. 嚴肅的
We are now far more sober and realistic. 我們現(xiàn)在嚴肅多了，也現(xiàn)實多了。
It was a room filled with sad, sober faces. 這是一個滿是憂傷和嚴肅面孔的房間。
3. soberlyADV 嚴肅地
"There's a new development," he said soberly. “有新的進展，”他嚴肅地說。
4. ADJ Sober colours and clothes are plain and rather dull. (顏色或衣服) 素淡的
He dresses in sober grey suits. 他穿著一套素凈的灰色衣服。
5. soberlyADV 素淡地[ADV with v]
She saw Ellis, soberly dressed in a well-cut dark suit. 她看見了埃利斯，素淡地穿著一套裁剪合體的黑西服。
6. →see also sobering