It is sobering to realize that this is not a new problem.

意识到这并不是新问题，就会使人冷静下来。

It is a sobering thought that in the 17th century she could have been burned as a witch.

如果是在17世纪，她有可能被当作女巫烧死，这一点是令人深思的。

Their sobering conversation brought home to everyone present the serious and worthwhile work the Red Cross does.

他们的谈话发人深省，使得在场的每个人都清楚地认识到红十字会所做的严肃而有价值的工作。

There are few more sobering online activities than entering data into college-tuition calculators and gasping as the Web spits back a six-figure sum.

在大学学费计算器里输入数据，然后对着网络吐出来的六位数倒抽一口气——很少有其他在线活动比这种活动更能让人清醒了。

This is a sobering prediction.

这是一个触目惊心的预测。

Its conclusions are sobering.

文章得出的结论发人深省。

The statistics are sobering.

有些统计数字发人深省。

The results were sobering.

以上结果发人深省。

A very sobering thought.

一件非常引人深思的事。

That in itself will be a sobering lesson.

这对于它本身来说将会是一个冷静的教训。

The gun was heavy, cold and very sobering.

枪沉甸甸，冷冰冰的，让人警醒。

The larger lesson of the recent crisis is sobering.

近期这次危机的更大教训令人警醒。

IT HAS been a sobering end to the week for Barack Obama.

巴拉克·奥巴马度过了一个令人清醒的周末。

And as Sundberg points out, the results are sobering.

正如森德伯格所指出的，评估结果令人清醒。

Now, 10 years later, a sobering realization has set in.

十年后的现在，开始有了一个清醒的认识。

It's a sobering thought, but these crashes are preventable.

这是一个使人清醒的结论，但是这些事故是可以避免的。

VISITORS to Zambia who are pushing 40 face a sobering fact.

到赞比亚旅游的那些奔四的游客们面临着一个让他们清醒地事实。

This is one of the most sobering truths about being a parent.

这是作为父母，最发人深省的真理之一。

We're expecting a sobering job report at the end of the week.

我们期待这周末能有一份冷静的工作报告。

Still, Friday’s jobs report was a sobering reminder of that.

然而，周五的就业报告依然提醒我们要冷静面对现实。

We are expecting a sobering job [s] report at the end of the week.

即将在这个周末发表的就业报告将给我们带来严峻的消息。

A HEALTH check of America's housing market is bound to be sobering.

美国住房市场的健康状况注定让人们放心不下。

It is sobering to see the effect of my thoughts on the law of attraction.

我清醒地看到，我的思想作用于吸引力法则的效果。

But the most sobering fact may be that Texas's water woes are structural.

但有个事实特别令人警醒：德州的水难题是结构性的。

However, the results were more sobering for Japan and the European Union.

而日本和欧盟的结果则冷静许多。