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Sober Temperate Late Meaning Related Səubə A.清醒的;庄重的 英

单词 sober
音标 ['səubə]
解释 a.清醒的;庄重的
红宝书 【英】 adj.清醒的(sedate or thoughtful);庄重的(showing no excessive emotion, or prejudice)
【考】 反义词:puckish(淘 气的)
【例】 a man of sober judgement
字源 sober (v.)
late 14c., "reduce to a quiet condition" (transitive), from sober (adj.). Meaning "render grave or serious" is from 1726. Intransitive sense of "become sober" (since 1847 often with up) is from 1820. Related: Sobered; sobering.
sober (adj.)
mid-14c., "moderate in desires or actions, temperate, restrained," especially "abstaining from strong drink," also "calm, quiet, not overcome by emotion," from Old French sobre "decent; sober" (12c.), from Latin sobrius "not drunk, temperate, moderate, sensible," from a variant of se- "without" (see se-) + ebrius "drunk," of unknown origin. Meaning "not drunk at the moment" is from late 14c.; also "appropriately solemn, serious, not giddy." Related: Soberly; soberness. Sobersides "sedate, serious-minded person" is recorded from 1705.
不择手段背单词 adj. (在酒精或药品方面)有节制的 = temperate, 清醒的; (行为、性格)严肃庄重的
【记】读: 骚吧-风骚的女人不会有节制和严肃的举止.
【反】puckish(adj 淘气的; 恶作剧的); frivolous(adj 轻佻的);
趣味全助记 【记】sob 哭泣 + er 哭泣者实际上是清醒的
【相关】sob..哭泣,呜咽 (音:臊吧,害臊吧,说完这话女学生就哭了;absorb是吸收,海绵absorbwater,吸收absorb sob 出泪水)

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