a sobering effect 使人平静下来的效果
Rice Soup Sobering Law 米汤清醒法
sobering a 使人清醒的
Sobering up 醒酒
i was sobering up 我逐渐清醒过来了
It Makes Sobering Reading 实在让人振聋发聩
"the news had a sobering effect"
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ADJ You say that something is a sobering thought or has a sobering effect when a situation seems serious and makes you become serious and thoughtful. 令人深思的
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.
意识到这并不是新问题，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。
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。
It has been a sobering time for his government as 18 soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan this month.
VOA: standard.2009.07.22
"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
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