| 单词 | sober |
| 释义 | so·ber I. 1. a. (1) < blank as to morals but comparatively sober in his habits — Dorothy Sayers > < for him the sober path of moderation appears to be infeasible — J.V.L.Casserley > (2) archaic b. < meet all sorts of men, from sober traveling missionaries … to drunken loafers — Rudyard Kipling > c. < authorities state that a person whose blood contains less than 0.05 percent of alcohol is sober — Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol > < smelt of port wine, and did not appear to be quite sober — Charles Dickens > < said he was cold sober > 2. a. < if our pupils are to devote sober attention to our instruction, we must set a high standard for ourselves — C.H.Grandgent > < had gone into battle … with the sober insouciance, the lighthearted seriousness, so characteristic of the age — Walter Millis > b. (1) < a group of sober merchants who detested the leveling tendencies — V.L.Parrington > < pensive nun, devout and pure, sober, steadfast, and demure — John Milton > < the sober office of sexton — Countryman > (2) < was unwontedly sober; his customary levity had … deserted him — W.H.Wright > < a sober and experienced generation, grown old on the battlefields — Sigmund Neumann > 3. a. archaic < pacing back his sober way, slowly he gained his own array — Sir Walter Scott > b. < the sun sinking into a sober sea > 4. archaic 5. chiefly Scotland a. b. 6. a. < the Puritans … with their sober, thrifty, industrious life — Lewis Mumford > < soothes with sober words their angry mood — John Dryden > b. < the soberest and best man in that countryside, only a little hot and hasty now and then — George Eliot > < the people were quiet, sober, and friendly — Upton Sinclair > c. archaic < their sober wishes never learned to stray — Thomas Gray > 7. < wore no scarlet raiment, but clothed himself in sober garments — H.O.Taylor > < skies that were ashen and sober — George du Maurier > < a sober Georgian colonial with simple details — American Guide Series: Michigan > 8. a. < the writing is at once vivid and sober — Geographical Journal > < the cleanliness, order and sober luxury of all the dwellings — Arnold Bennett > < the more sober and less ecstatic types of church — W.L.Sperry > b. < tried to subdue his riotous senses to the sober dictates of reason — Ellen Glasgow > < was not a pose of youthful cynicism, but a sober judgment confirmed by observation and experience — V.L.Parrington > < sober fact > < sober truth > < hope is followed by sober and critical second thought — John Dewey > 9. < being sometimes mad, sometimes sober > Synonyms: < a sober book, written without hysteria or excitement — A.T.Steele > < sober speech, thoughtfully reasoned and carefully prepared — Jack Gould > < no young giddy thoughtless maiden, full of graces, airs, and jeers — but a sober widow — W.S.Gilbert > temperate implies moderation, self-control, and restraint operating against the excessive, extreme, extravagant, or violent < his temperate advice at the early provincial congresses aroused some opposition among the more radical leaders — W.A.Robinson > < the delegates adopted a resolution threatening to rise in armed opposition if any attempt was made to coerce East Tennesseans into the Confederacy. Maynard urged the delegates to be more temperate — American Guide Series: Tennessee > continent indicates deliberate accustomed restraint on desires, especially sexual desires < had the circumstances of their lives given them opportunity they would have been sheer sensualists. Their strength was the strength of men geographically beyond temptation: the poverty of Arabia made them simple, continent, enduring — T.E.Lawrence > unimpassioned indicates lack of ardor and fervor; it may imply accustomed rationality, stoicism, or coldness < in weighed and measured unimpassioned words — Robert Browning > < Stephen spoke irritably. He was tired, excited, on fire, and Deborah seemed so unimpassioned — Mary Webb > Synonym: see in addition serious. II. transitive verb 1. < an atmosphere of tense expectancy … that sobered everyone — J.R.Perkins > < both had been sobered and sharpened by wide experience — Willa Cather > < the buffet of Providence failed utterly to sober her frivolous spirit — Robert Grant †1940 > < a verdict for libel damages would have a tremendously sobering effect on the guilty party — Norman Cousins > 2. < trying to sober him up before taking him home > 3. < the lacy green of trees … is sobered by vast fields of brown earth — American Guide Series: Arkansas > intransitive verb 1. a. < had sobered from youthful cavaliers into … astute businessmen — Francis Hackett > b. < the sunset sobered into twilight > c. < came home drunk and then ate … when they sobered — C.T.Jackson > — usually used with up < the offender apologizes when he sobers up — Abram Kardiner > 2. < sobered down and married somebody else and was as sensible as anybody — Ellen Glasgow > < are so high from tension that they need half a dozen drinks to sober down — Alfred Bester > |
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