Word · Frequency #22438
soberly
严肃地；冷静地
in a grave and sober manner
- 1.
In a sober manner; temperately; coolly; calmly; gravely; seriously.
清醒地；节制地；冷静地；镇定地；严肃地；认真地。
清醒地；节制地；冷静地；镇定地；严肃地；认真地。；严肃地；冷静地；朴素地
In use
The teacher looked at the students soberly before announcing the exam results.
He soberly considered all the options before making a decision.
She dressed soberly for the interview, wearing a dark suit.
soberly + verb
soberly 作为方式副词，可放在动词前修饰动作。
She soberly assessed the situation.
她冷静地评估了局势。
be + soberly + past participle
被动结构中，soberly 放在 be 动词与过去分词之间。
The committee was soberly informed of the risks.
委员会被严肃地告知了这些风险。
Common mistakes
He spoke sober about the accident.He spoke soberly about the accident.
这里需要用副词 soberly 修饰动词 spoke，而不是形容词 sober。中文里‘严肃地’常与形容词同形，但英语中修饰动词必须用副词（加 -ly）。
He took soberly the news.He took the news soberly.
英语中，方式副词通常放在及物动词宾语之后，而不是动词和宾语之间。中文习惯把状语放在动词前，因此容易误放。soberly 修饰 took，应置于宾语 the news 后面。
Connections
Collocations
- look soberly at
- 冷静地看待
- We need to look soberly at the risks before making a decision.在做决定之前，我们需要冷静地看待这些风险。
- assess soberly
- 冷静地评估
- She tried to assess the situation soberly.她努力冷静地评估局势。
- speak soberly
- 严肃地说
- He spoke soberly about the consequences of the war.他严肃地谈到了战争的后果。
- think soberly
- 清醒地思考
- After the excitement died down, they began to think soberly about the future.兴奋过后，他们开始清醒地思考未来。
- soberly dressed
- 穿着朴素
- The lawyer was soberly dressed in a dark suit.那位律师穿着一套深色西装，衣着朴素。
Pop culture & quotes
Learner notes
Memory Tip
soberly由sober（清醒的）加ly组成，联想：清醒的人总是严肃、冷静、朴素地行事。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、speeches、news reports soberly 多用于正式或书面语境，表示“严肃地、冷静地”；日常口语中更常说 seriously 或 calmly。
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words share the spelling -erly but are not true rhymes with soberly (/ˈsoʊbərli/), because the stressed vowel and the consonant right before -erly differ (e.g., orderly /ˈɔːrdərli/, utterly /ˈʌtərli/). Use them to compare the spelling pattern, not the sound.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.