sobriety

[səu'braiəti]

n. 清醒, 严肃, 节制

n.[U]

1. 清醒; 冷静

2. (饮酒)有节制; 适度

3. 严肃; 持重

Jane's new sobriety surprised her friends.

简新的庄重态度使她的朋友们感到吃惊。

sobriety

词义辨析：

同义参见:

abstinence

反义:

n.节酒; 节制

drunkenness

sobriety[səu'braiəti]n.1.■清醒；冷静2.■(尤指饮酒等)节制；戒酒3.■有节；适度4.■严肃，庄严，庄重

1. [mass noun]the state of being sober
   清醒
   the price of beer compelled me to maintain a certain level of sobriety.
   啤酒的高价迫使我要保持一定程度的清醒。
   ■the quality of being staid or solemn
   沉静；严肃
   

1. late Middle English: from Old French sobriete or Latin sobrietas, from sobrius (see sober)
   

sobriety

名词 sobriety:

the state of being sober and not intoxicated by alcohol

同义词：soberness

moderation in or abstinence from alcohol or other drugs

同义词：dryness

a manner that is serious and solemn

同义词：graveness, gravity, soberness, somberness, sombreness

abstaining from excess

同义词：temperance

sobriety

■"Sobriety and Originality are in Mind, Reflection of Nature is at Hand"--research on spirited features of scenic poems of the eastern jin dynasty

"寥亮心神莹,含虚映自然"--论东晋山水诗之精神风貌

■9 In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;

9又愿女人廉耻，自守，以正派衣裳为妆饰，不以编发，黄金，珍珠，和贵价的衣裳为妆饰。

■As a 60-minute-long deep sobriety program, CCTV-2faces only to high level group of audience.

CCTV-2的《对话》栏目是一档面对高端受众群体、长达60分钟的深度严肃节目。

■"You take too tragical a view of matters" (John Fowles)"He assumes a sudden look of tragical sobriety" (Scott Turow)

“你看事物的态度太悲观了”(约翰·福尔斯)“他忽然摆出一副表演悲剧般严肃的样子”(斯科特·图罗)

■"three years of drug-free sobriety" (Ron Rosenbaum)

“戒毒三年”(罗恩·罗森鲍姆)。

■A restless night, with intervals of half sobriety.

一夜没睡好，醒来多次。

■Once you take the first step, you are committed to a struggle for sobriety.

一旦你进行了第一步，你就承诺要戒酒了。

■Lack of sobriety;intemperance,especially in drinking.

不清醒;无节制，特别是饮酒方面

■Lack of sobriety; intemperance, especially in drinking.

不清醒；无节制，特别是饮酒方面

■There is a path to freedom. Its milestones are: obedience, honesty, cleanliness, sobriety, hard work, discipline, sacrifice, truthfulness and love of thy fatherland.

中文译为：有这样一条通往自由的道路，它的里程碑为：服从，诚实，洁净，自制，辛苦劳作，守纪，奉献，求实以及对祖国的热爱

■In order to qualify for the minimum wage, an employee had to establish a decent home and demonstrate good personal habits, including sobriety, thriftiness, industriousness, and dependability.

为了够资格得到最低工资，员工必须建立一个得体的家庭并显示出良好的个人习惯，包括节制、俭

■9. Cause breakdown of the old moral values - honesty, sobriety, self-restraint, faith in the pledged word, ruggedness.

九、造成旧道德--诚实、节制、自律、忠于誓言与朴实--的崩溃。

■9. Cause breakdown of the old moral values - honesty, sobriety, self-restraint, faith in the pledged word,ruggedness.

九、造成旧道德--诚实、节制、自律、终于誓言与朴实--的崩溃。

■Gentleness, sobriety are rare in this society

亲切节制在这社会已是罕有

■They will read an essay by Matthrew Arnold without giving a moment's attention to the elegance, distinction and sobriety with which he set down what he had to say.

人们在读马修·阿诺德的教文时，却丝毫不注意他以多少高雅、卓越、清新的风格写下了自己要说的话。

■The man denied drinking, but he failed the police test for sobriety.

人否认饮用，但是他在警察测试不及格为清醒。

■In these wild scenes, men stand about in the scenery, or move deliberately and heavily, having sacrificed the sprightlinessand vivacity of towns to the dumb sobriety of nature.

人呆在这荒凉的地方，即使有所举动，也是迟缓而简单的，寂静和沉稳是自然界的本性，人身处其中，自然就剔除了城市中浮躁多动的秉性。

■Sobriety alone is not enough.

仅仅戒酒还不够。

■From the way people talk these days, with sober intonations about the market, total sobriety, you would believe the latter.

从大家这些天的言谈中可以看出，对于市场中存在的清醒论调，你会相信后者。

■From Sobriety to Dream: On the Development of the STORY OF XIXIANG

从清醒到梦想:西厢故事流变论

■They had similar idiosyncrasies: sobriety, fastidiousness, religious scrupulosity.

他们独特的性格也一样：稳重、耐烦、具有严谨的宗教信仰。

■They had also set before him an example of sobriety, economy, and patient industry habits which are in themselves equivalent to principles.

他们遇事冷静、勤俭节约、办事耐心细致的习惯符合原则，也为乔治树立了榜样。

■He recounts the decency and regularity of former times, and celebrates the discipline and sobriety of the age in which his youth was passed.

他列举了过去的礼仪和程序，赞美他年轻时经过的纪律严明的时代。

■He was arrested on New Year's Eve, shortly after leaving a Scottadale, Arizona nightclub and failing a field sobriety test.

他在新年前夜，离开亚利桑那州斯科茨代尔市一间夜总会不久因未能通过酒测而被捕。

■He was indeed a thoughtless, giddy youth, with little sobriety in his manners, and less in his countenance.

他确实是个轻率、浮躁的少年，举止随便，嬉皮笑脸。

■China's traditional consumption culture that thrift and sobriety being a feature is the reason at deep layer that the smallholding economy is redundant in our country.

以节用节制为特征的中国传统消费文化是小农经济在我国冗长的深层原因。

■a conscientious man noted for his sobriety

以认真审慎著称的男子.

■if she continue in faith, and love, and sanctification, with sobriety.

但她若持守信德、爱德、圣德和庄重，藉著生育，必能获救。

■But we live in a self-help culture, where therapists, 12-step program guides and talk-show hosts are forever reminding us that forgiveness and gratitude are the way to happiness (and sobriety).

但我们生活在一个自助的文化中，治疗专家、12步骤的项目指导以及脱口秀主持人一直在提醒我们，宽恕和感恩是通向幸福（以及清醒）的道路。

■But I would sacrifice even sobriety

但我甚至愿意把清醒作为牺牲

■But Pope Benedict, for all his concern with cosmic issues, is certainly not watering down his insistence on old-fashioned religious virtues, including caution and sobriety.

但是教皇本笃虽然非常关心宇宙的问题，也绝未放松他对传统宗教美德，包括审慎与清醒的坚持。

■The writer speaks only to individuals, sitting by themselves in a state of normal sobriety.

作者只向那些处在清醒状态、坐着看书的个体们进行讲述。

■You had to get to Henry in those moments of sobriety.

你必须在亨利清醒的时刻同他打交道。

■You take too tragical a view of matters(bJohn Fowles)He assumes a sudden look of tragical sobriety(bScott Turow)

你看事物的态度太悲观了(b约翰 福尔斯)他忽然摆出一副表演悲剧般严肃的样子(b斯科特 图罗)

■You take too tragical a view of matters(John Fowles)He assumes a sudden look of tragical sobriety(Scott Turow)

你看事物的态度太悲观了(约翰 福尔斯)他忽然摆出一副表演悲剧般严肃的样子(斯科特 图罗)

■Staving off sobriety may not be one of the nobility's priorities, but placating the peasants usually is, meaning a lord is more likely to finance a tavern than he is to frequent it.

保持清醒并非贵族美德，安抚民众才是他们职责所系，因此贵族们亦会解囊资助酒馆生意，甚至偶尔降尊纡贵，与民同醉。

■AA aims to change not only the behavior but the personality in order to reinforce sobriety.

匿名酗酒者聚会的目的不仅仅是改变行为，还要改变性格，这样才能加强戒酒。

■It gives us sobriety and majesty.

华表让我们感到庄重和威严。

■Even Steichen did not pilot fashion photography into the waters of cold sobriety.

即使是史泰钦也没有把时装摄影引导到能使人清醒的冰水。

■In like manner women also in decent apparel: adorning themselves with modesty and sobriety, not with plaited hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly attire,

又愿意女人们服装端正，以廉耻和庄重装饰自己，不要用鬈发和金饰，或珍珠和极奢华的服装，

■In the meantime, if you think you might not be walking the safe Middle Way between excessive approval seeking and total approval rejection, the recovery advice below can help you achieve sobriety.

同时，如果你认为自己可能是没有在过度认可追求和完全任何拒绝两者之间找到一个安全的中间路线，那么下面的康复建议能帮助你实现清晰。

■"These primitive statesmen and their compeers- who were elevated to power by the early choice of the people, seem to have been not often brilliant, but distinguished by a ponderous sobriety, rather than activity of intellect."

因此,早年被人们推举而当政的政治家以及他们的同辈,似乎并非十分英明,但却具备远胜睿智行动的老练沉稳。

■add a comma, and the noble sobriety of "God save the Queen "becomes a cry of desperation bordering on double sacrilege.

在“上帝保佑女王”中间加个逗号，那崇高的庄严则成了绝望的呼号，简直是对双方的亵读。

■The result of the double work of the law and the rod is our instruction, and the fruit of that instruction is a quieting of spirit, a sobriety of mind, out of which comes rest.

在律法的要求、牧人的杖，这两种管教交错运作之下，我们必要得益处，因为管教所结出的果子，就是平安，一种内心的平静，魂里的安息。

■A field sobriety test was conducted at the scene and officers determined she was driving under the influence.

在现场进行了酒精测试,而且官员认定为她是酒后驾驶。

■Her expression bespoke sobriety and saneness of soul.

她的表情证明她神志清醒正常。

■The Implementation of ERP Need Steadfastness, Sobriety and Rationality

实施ERP败因探析与实施策略

■Despite the party atmosphere lately in China's property market, some developers are embracing a new sobriety.

尽管中国的房地产市场最近一片繁荣兴旺，但一些开发商却开始学会冷静以对。

■To combine sobriety with humor

庄谐并作

■When in doubt as to the sobriety of a patron, the bartender should consult first with the manager-on-duty before serving the person alcohol.

当不能确定顾客是否清醒时，调酒师应该与当班经理商量是否停止酒水服务。