沒有酒精的清醒
字面的意思，也是整個字的起點：身體裡沒有酒，腦子跟動作都還受你控制。
not drunk · adjective · C2
You have not had alcohol, so you can still think and move clearly.
清醒
核心畫面
A mind with nothing clouding it: no drink in you, so what you see is what is actually there, and nothing is or blurred.
一個沒有被任何東西蓋住的頭腦。酒退了以後，那種放大的、模糊的、什麼都好笑的感覺不見了，眼前的東西恢復原來的樣子——不…更多收起
一個沒有被任何東西蓋住的頭腦。酒退了以後，那種放大的、模糊的、什麼都好笑的感覺不見了，眼前的東西恢復原來的樣子——不特別亮，也不特別可怕，就是它本來的份量。這個字後來走到的每個意思，都帶著這種「拿掉了裝飾與亢奮之後剩下的樣子」。From the word’s history
From Latin sōbrius, from se- "without" + ebrius "drunk" — literally "un-drunk", which is still the modern core.
一種看法是：這個字從拉丁文 sōbrius 來，拆開是 se-（沒有）＋ ebrius（醉的），字面就是「沒有醉」。有趣的是它經過古法語 sobre 進到英語之後，這個「拿掉醉意」的畫面沒有褪掉，反而擴出去——衣服拿掉花俏、態度拿掉輕浮，用的都還是同一個手勢。
Wiktionary entry for "sober" (Latin sōbrius < se- + ebrius), as supplied in the payload origin note
Three branches
拿掉亢奮之後的份量
把「沒有醉」從身體移到態度上：一件事讓你笑不出來，你只能照它真實的份量看它。
serious, sobering · adjective · C2
Quiet and careful in the way you think, or causing other people to stop and think carefully.
嚴肅
拿掉花俏的外表
同樣是「拿掉多餘的東西」，只是這次拿掉的不是醉意也不是輕浮，而是顏色和裝飾。
plain in colour · adjective · C2
Plain in colour and not bright, especially when you talk about clothes.
素淨
原始詞典資料11 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Sobername
- 1
A surname.
soberadj/ˈsəʊ.bə(ɹ)/
- 1
Not drunk; not intoxicated.
- 2
Not under the influence of any recreational drug.
- Ten months sober, I must admit Just because you're clean, don't mean you don't miss it
- 3
Not given to excessive drinking of alcohol.
- Amid all the confusion and disorder that sin has introduced into the world, the Christian in union with God has a grace or Divine help that enables him to live the sober, self-restrained life.
- After eliminating alcohol from their lives, some sober individuals exclusively date nondrinkers.
- 4
Moderate; realistic; serious; not playful; not passionate; cool; self-controlled.
- God help me to watch and to be sober.
- [N]o ſober man vvould put himſelf into a danger for the Applauſe of ſcaping vvithout breaking his Neck.
- 5
Dull; not bright or colorful.
- Twilight grey / Had in her sober livery all things clad.
- 6
Subdued; solemn; grave.
- See her sober over a sampler, or gay over a jointed baby.
- What parts gay France from sober Spain? A little rising rocky chain.
- 7
Poor; feeble.
soberverb/ˈsəʊ.bə(ɹ)/
- 1
To make or become sober.
- His expression sobered.
- There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, / And drinking largely sobers us again.
- 2
To overcome or lose a state of intoxication.
- It took him hours to sober up.
- 3
To moderate one's feelings; to accept a disappointing reality after losing one's ability to believe in a fantastic goal.
- Losing his job was a sobering experience.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。