sobering

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There were some sobering stats out this morning from a new consumer survey of the affluent.
對有錢人的一項新的消費者調(diào)查得出了一些令人清醒的數(shù)據(jù)。
So God asks this sobering question in Hebrews 2:3, our word for today from the Word of God, "How shall we escape if we ignore such a great salvation?
所以上帝在希伯來書2:3中問了這個使人清醒的問題，我們今天向神求助的話，“如果我們忽略了這么大的拯救，怎能逃罪？”
It is a sobering thought that so much depends on the leadership of squabbling European politicians who still consistently underestimate what confronts them.
很多問題還得靠歐洲政客的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)，盡管他們爭論不休，仍然低估他們所面臨的挑戰(zhàn)——是明智的想法。

It has been a sobering time for his government as 18 soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan this month.
"A very sobering statistic is that for every one person that we put on therapy, two to three people get newly infected."
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.

Chairman Tom Lantos warned fellow committee members they had a sobering choice to make.
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Perhaps most sobering for U.S. taxpayers and creditors are some robust assumptions made in the report.
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Here's one more sobering oil fact: The world has only a 1% short-term cushion.
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