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There were some sobering stats out this morning from a new consumer survey of the affluent.
對有錢人的一項新的消費者調查得出了一些令人清醒的數據。
So God asks this sobering question in Hebrews 2:3, our word for today from the Word of God, "How shall we escape if we ignore such a great salvation?
所以上帝在希伯來書2:3中問了這個使人清醒的問題，我們今天曏神求助的話，“如果我們忽略了這麽大的拯救，怎能逃罪？”
It is a sobering thought that so much depends on the leadership of squabbling European politicians who still consistently underestimate what confronts them.
很多問題還得靠歐洲政客的領導，盡琯他們爭論不休，仍然低估他們所麪臨的挑戰——是明智的想法。

It has been a sobering time for his government as 18 soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan this month.
"A very sobering statistic is that for every one person that we put on therapy, two to three people get newly infected."
On the need for a second economic stimulus measure, Gibbs would only point to recent statistics, including unemployment numbers, saying they provide "a sobering reminder" of the many economic challenges Americans face.

Chairman Tom Lantos warned fellow committee members they had a sobering choice to make.
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You say that something is a sobering thought or has a sobering effect when a situation seems serious and makes you become serious and thoughtful.