单词：sobering

音标：[ˈsəʊbərɪŋ]

词义：

使人严肃的，使人警觉的

令人清醒的，令人深思的

令人心情沉重的，令人感到严峻的

翻译：
sobering 是形容词，指某种情况、事实或经验使人感到严肃、深刻或警觉。常用来形容一些让人冷静下来、清醒思考的事件或情境，或者使情绪变得沉重、严肃的事情。

用法：

通常用来形容能引起深刻思考的事件或影响。

在描述某些情境对人的心理或情感影响时，使用 "sobering" 来表示其作用是使人从兴奋或轻浮的情绪中醒来，变得严肃或清醒。

例句：

The sobering news about the economic collapse shocked the entire nation.
关于经济崩溃的严峻消息震惊了整个国家。

The documentary on climate change had a sobering effect on the audience.
关于气候变化的纪录片对观众产生了深刻的影响。

After hearing the sobering statistics about the disease, he became more determined to help.
听到关于疾病的严峻统计数据后，他变得更加坚定要提供帮助。

The sobering reality of life in poverty hit him hard.
贫困生活的严峻现实深深打击了他。

The sobering nature of the situation made everyone quiet.
情况的严峻性质让每个人都沉默了。

It was a sobering experience to see the devastation caused by the hurricane.
看到飓风带来的灾难是一种让人深思的经历。

His sobering words made us realize how serious the situation was.
他严肃的话语让我们意识到情况的严重性。

The sobering effects of the crash were evident in the survivors’ faces.
事故的严峻后果在幸存者的脸上显而易见。

A sobering thought occurred to her as she sat alone in the dark.
当她独自坐在黑暗中时，一个令人深思的念头浮现在她脑海中。

The sobering fact that many people still lack access to clean water is a global issue.
许多人仍然无法获得干净水源这一严峻事实是一个全球性问题。

短语搭配：

sobering news

sobering statistics

sobering reality

sobering experience

sobering thought

sobering effect