sobriety
noun[U]
formaluk/səˈbraɪ.ə.ti/us/səˈbraɪ.ə.t̬i/sobrietynoun[U](NOT DRUNK)
thestateof beingsober:
未醉,清醒USThepolicesaid hiscarhad beenweavingall over theroad, so theypulledhim over and gave him a sobrietytest.警察说他的车在路上一直开得摇摇晃晃的,因此让他停了下来,给他做了个酒精测试。
Drunkenness & sobriety
- alcoholic
- alky
- battered
- beer goggles
- binge drinker
- binge drinking
- blasted
- drunk dial
- have a few (too many)idiom
- inebriate
- inebriated
- inebriating
- inebriation
- muzzy
- ripped
- roaring drunkidiom
- shit-faced
- slaughtered
- slewed
- whacked
sobrietynoun[U](SERIOUS)
seriousness:
严肃,庄重We had thepriestsittingatourtable, whichinstilleda little sobriety into theoccasion.我们让神父坐在桌前,给整个场合增添了一丝庄重。
Serious and unpleasant
- abominable
- abominably
- abysmal
- abysmally
- apocalyptic
- fiendish
- fraught
- frightful
- from hellidiom
- fun
- nasty
- nightmarish
- nightmarishly
- noisome
- not be all fun and gamesidiom
- vile
- woeful
- woefully
- wretchedly
- yucky