sober

英 ['səʊbə] 美 ['sobɚ]
  • adj. 冷静的,清醒的;未醉的
  • vt. 使严肃;使醒酒,使清醒
  • n. (Sober)人名;(英)索伯

英文词源


sober
sober: [13] Sober comes via Old French sobre from Latin sōbrius ‘not drunk’. This was the opposite of ēbrius ‘drunk’ (source of French ivre ‘drunk’ and English inebriate [15]), but where ēbrius came from, and precisely what connection the presumably related sōbrius has with it, are not known.
=> inebriate
sober (v.)
late 14c., "reduce to a quiet condition" (transitive), from sober (adj.). Meaning "render grave or serious" is from 1726. Intransitive sense of "become sober" (since 1847 often with up) is from 1820. Related: Sobered; sobering.
sober (adj.)
mid-14c., "moderate in desires or actions, temperate, restrained," especially "abstaining from strong drink," also "calm, quiet, not overcome by emotion," from Old French sobre "decent; sober" (12c.), from Latin sobrius "not drunk, temperate, moderate, sensible," from a variant of se- "without" (see se-) + ebrius "drunk," of unknown origin. Meaning "not drunk at the moment" is from late 14c.; also "appropriately solemn, serious, not giddy." Related: Soberly; soberness. Sobersides "sedate, serious-minded person" is recorded from 1705.

双语例句


1. He was left to sober up in a police cell.
他被留在一间拘留室里醒酒。

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2. When Dad was sober he was a good father.
不喝醉的时候,爸爸是一个好父亲。

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3. These pressures come not from unthinking lawyer-bashers, but from sober legal reformers.
这些压力并非来自于那些对律师心怀不满的轻率之人,而是来自于那些头脑冷静的司法改革家。

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4. We are now far more sober and realistic.
我们现在清醒、现实多了。

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5. I need you sane and sober.
我要你清醒、冷静。

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