sober

1. ADJ When you are sober, you are not drunk. 清醒的

He'd been drunk when I arrived. Now he was sober. 我到的时候他已经喝醉了。现在他清醒了。

2. ADJ A sober person is serious and thoughtful. 严肃的

We are now far more sober and realistic. 我们现在严肃多了，也现实多了。

It was a room filled with sad, sober faces. 这是一个满是忧伤和严肃面孔的房间。

3. soberlyADV 严肃地

"There's a new development," he said soberly. “有新的进展，”他严肃地说。

4. ADJ Sober colours and clothes are plain and rather dull. (颜色或衣服) 素淡的

He dresses in sober grey suits. 他穿着一套素净的灰色衣服。

5. soberlyADV 素淡地[ADV with v]

She saw Ellis, soberly dressed in a well-cut dark suit. 她看见了埃利斯，素淡地穿着一套裁剪合体的黑西服。

6. →see also sobering