sobriety

词根词缀:

后缀
-ety 表名词,“性质,状态”

anxiety n. 焦虑

anxious 担忧的 + ety 性质,状态 → 焦虑

dubiety n. 怀疑

dubious 怀疑的 + ety 性质,状态 → 怀疑

gaiety n. 快乐

gay 快乐的 + ety 性质,状态 → 快乐

naivety n. 天真

naive 天真的 + ety 性质,状态 → 天真

propriety n. 适合,得体

proper 适合的 + ety 性质,状态 → 适合,得体

satiety n. 饱足,厌腻

sati 足够,饱足 + ety 性质,状态 → 饱足,厌腻

sobriety n. 头脑清醒

sober 头脑清醒的 + ety 性质,状态 → 头脑清醒

subtlety n. 微妙;狡猾

subtle 微妙的;狡猾的 + ety 性质,状态 → 微妙;狡猾

variety n. 变化,多样化

vari 变化 + ety 性质,状态 → 变化,多样化

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相关例句:

The bank expects its retail banking staff to wear suits in dark gray, black or navy blue, since these colors'symbolize competence, formalism and sobriety.

瑞士银行希望其零售银行业务员工穿着深灰色、黑色或海军蓝西装,因为这些颜色“代表能力、庄重和冷静”。

See, when I think of my sobriety, I don't think about wine.

你瞧,只要我想到自己在戒酒,我就不会考虑喝酒。

Sobriety is one of the Ghost Festival, demons, nature is capable of warding off evil into willow.

清明是鬼节之一,百鬼出没,插柳自然是辟邪了。

A conscientious man noted for his sobriety.

以认真审慎著称的男子。

Wise after the calamity, central bankers, market regulators and the rest are already saying what are needed are tighter rules, closer oversight and a premium on sobriety.

灾难发生后,央行官员、市场监管者以及其他管理者变得聪明了,他们表示,现在需要的是更加严格的制度、更加紧密的监督和对保持清醒的奖励。

He recounts the decency and regularity of former times, and celebrates the discipline and sobriety of the age in which his youth was passed.

他列举了过去的礼仪和程序,赞美他年轻时经过的纪律严明的时代。