1. 使清醒的, 使冷静的：approach annunciator 接近预告器 | sobering 使清醒的, 使冷静的 | nonfeasance 不履行义务, 懈怠
2. 使清醒的：sober-minded 镇定的 | sobering 使清醒的 | soberly 严肃地
3. 恢复理性的,冷静的：stock valuation 股票估价 | sobering 恢复理性的,冷静的 | downturn 低迷时期
4. 保持清醒头脑：奥斯卡颁奖礼: the Oscars awards ceremony | 保持清醒头脑: sobering | 电影艺术: cinematography
1. These are best washed down with homemade cherry and scorpion liquor, followed by a sobering dose of wild jujube tea.
2. That sobering depiction came as Bush and Obama firmed up plans for their first meeting since Obama defeated Republican John McCain in Tuesday's election.
3. Google's housecleaning nevertheless is a sobering sign of the hard times around the globe.
4. A young man surnamed Wu felt very embarrassed after sobering up from a recent drinking session.
5. Frequent serious accidents that inflict heavy loss of life and property have taught us a sobering lesson.
6. Yet Iraq ought also to cast this debate in a colder, more sobering light.
7. The man was only aware of what he had done hours after sobering up at the security office.
8. " It was a sobering experience, " Lohan says in an interview with OK!
9. These sobering earnings reports are raising concerns about how many more billions of dollars in losses have yet to be announced.
10. Last weekend Premier Wen Jiabao made a sobering but determined appeal for society to help stem the spread of the AIDS.
adj
1. tending to make sober or more serious
e.g. the news had a sobering effect