sobering [ˈsoʊbərɪŋ]

例句:

• Statistics paint a sobering picture — unemployment, tight credit, lower home values, sluggish job growth.
  统计数据描绘了一幅不容乐观的画面：失业率攀升，信贷从紧，家庭观念淡薄，就业机会增长缓慢。
  
• The events of October 1987 had a sobering effect on managers of large funds.
  1987年10月的事件令那些管理大量资金的经理变得冷静了许多。
  
• Their sobering conversation brought home to everyone present the serious and worthwhile work the Red Cross does.
  他们发人深省的对话使在座的每个人都清楚地认识到红十字会所从事的严肃而有价值的工作。
  
• Even so, the rather sketchy results are sobering.
  来自SA
• That is a sobering thought on which to end.
  来自WSJ
• Newly sworn-in President Salva Kiir delivered a sobering message.
  来自VOA