sobering信息详情
vt.使清醒（sober的ing形式）
adj.使清醒的；使冷静的；严重的
sobering up───清醒起来；使…清醒；使严肃起来
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。
It is sobering to realize that this is not a new problem.───到这并不是新问题，就会使人冷静下来。
Their sobering conversation brought home to everyone present the serious and worthwhile work the Red Cross does.───他们的谈话发人深省，使得在场的每个人都清楚地认识到红十字会所做的严肃而有价值的工作。
"They have had a somewhat sobering experience of trying to do that, " he said, pointing to SAIC's experience with Ssangyong.───他说：“他们在此方面已有了一次经历，从某种程度上说，这次经历发人深省。”他指的是上汽对双龙的收购。
That sobering realization led to a careful reassessment of every aspect of our mutual relationship to the prospect of such a war.───这一认识使人们头脑清醒起来，开始认真地对这样一种战争的前景下双方关系的各个方面重新进行认识。
Bean-counters in Austin, the state capital, had come up with sobering projections, but none of these were official estimates.───州首府奥斯汀（Austin）的会计师也曾就此给出骇人的预测，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.───我们支付给一个喜剧演员几个小时的报酬要比一位内阁部长一年的薪金还高。这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，在过去四个星期，温家宝总理一定保持着非常清醒的头脑，不仅是因为房地产开发商开始不知所措了。
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·贾德在她的新书——自传《痛苦与甜蜜》中，讲述了她用悲伤却清醒的眼光审视她的明星家庭的家庭生活。