Sobriety
[sə'braɪətɪ] or [sə'braɪəti]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) abstaining from excess.
(noun.) moderation in or abstinence from alcohol or other drugs.
埃米尔校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) Habitual soberness or temperance as to the use of spirituous liquors; as, a man of sobriety.
(n.) Habitual freedom from enthusiasm, inordinate passion, or overheated imagination; calmness; coolness; gravity; seriousness; as, the sobriety of riper years.
錄入:厄普顿
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Temperance, abstemiousness, abstinence.[2]. Calmness, coolness, sedateness, soberness, demureness, thoughtfulness, gravity.
整理:塞尔瓦托
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Soberness, temperance, abstemiousness
ANT:Intemperance
校對:马奇
例句/造句/用法:
- Remember that cleanliness, sobriety, and even good-humour and benevolence, are our best medicines. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- I tell you, he's a regular hearse for blackness and sobriety, and will drive you like a funeral, if you want. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- It's all godliness, sobriety, and a moral life. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- It deserves to be remarked, too, that if we consult experience, the cheapness of wine seems to be a cause, not of drunkenness, but of sobriety. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Thus must I soon again listen and wander; and this shadow of the future stole with timely sobriety across the radiant present. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Jo had sudden fits of sobriety, and was seen to shake her fist at Mr. Brooke's umbrella, which had been left in the hall. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
整理:马提