青年中文sobering的意思
sobering中文翻譯：
vt.使清醒（sober的ing形式）
adj.使清醒的；使冷靜的；嚴重的
sobering up───清醒起來；使…清醒；使嚴肅起來
It is a sobering thought that in the 17th century she could have been burned as a witch.───如果是在17世紀，她有可能被當作女巫燒死，這一點是令人深思的。
It is sobering to realize that this is not a new problem.───到這并不是新問題，就會使人冷靜下來。
Their sobering conversation brought home to everyone present the serious and worthwhile work the Red Cross does.───他們的談話發人深省，使得在場的每個人都清楚地認識到紅十字會所做的嚴肅而有價值的工作。
"They have had a somewhat sobering experience of trying to do that, " he said, pointing to SAIC's experience with Ssangyong.───他說：“他們在此方面已有了一次經歷，從某種程度上說，這次經歷發人深省。”他指的是上汽對雙龍的收購。
That sobering realization led to a careful reassessment of every aspect of our mutual relationship to the prospect of such a war.───這一認識使人們頭腦清醒起來，開始認真地對這樣一種戰爭的前景下雙方關系的各個方面重新進行認識。
Bean-counters in Austin, the state capital, had come up with sobering projections, but none of these were official estimates.───州首府奧斯汀（Austin）的會計師也曾就此給出駭人的預測，但都不算官方估值。
We pay a comedian more for a few hours' entertainment than a Cabinet Minister can earn in a year. It's a sobering thought.───我們支付給一個喜劇演員幾個小時的報酬要比一位內閣部長一年的薪金還高。這是一件引人深思的事情。
The last four weeks, however, must have been a sobering period for Premier Wen, and not only because developers began to lose their nerve.───但是，在過去四個星期，溫家寶總理一定保持著非常清醒的頭腦，不僅是因為房地產開發商開始不知所措了。
Ashley Judd offers a sad, sobering look into the home life of her famous family in her new memoir, "All That Is Bitter & Sweet. "───艾什莉·賈德在她的新書——自傳《痛苦與甜蜜》中，講述了她用悲傷卻清醒的眼光審視她的明星家庭的家庭生活。