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"They have had a somewhat sobering experience of trying to do that, " he said, pointing to SAIC's experience with Ssangyong.

他说：“他们在此方面已有了一次经历，从某种程度上说，这次经历发人深省。”他指的是上汽对双龙的收购。

That sobering realization led to a careful reassessment of every aspect of our mutual relationship to the prospect of such a war.

这一认识使人们头脑清醒起来，开始认真地对这样一种战争的前景下双方关系的各个方面重新进行认识。

Bean-counters in Austin, the state capital, had come up with sobering projections, but none of these were official estimates.

州首府奥斯汀（Austin）的会计师也曾就此给出骇人的预测，但都不算官方估值。

We pay a comedian more for a few hours' entertainment than a Cabinet Minister can earn in a year. It's a sobering thought.

我们支付给一个喜剧演员几个小时的报酬要比一位内阁部长一年的薪金还高。这是一件引人深思的事情。

The last four weeks, however, must have been a sobering period for Premier Wen, and not only because developers began to lose their nerve.

但是，在过去四个星期，温家宝总理一定保持着非常清醒的头脑，不仅是因为房地产开发商开始不知所措了。

Ashley Judd offers a sad, sobering look into the home life of her famous family in her new memoir, "All That Is Bitter & Sweet. "

艾什莉·贾德在她的新书——自传《痛苦与甜蜜》中，讲述了她用悲伤却清醒的眼光审视她的明星家庭的家庭生活。

All of which adds up to a simple and sobering verdict about the real state of the U. S. economy.

所有的这一切都为美国经济的实际状况做出了简单却又令人清醒的定论。

For a world that still looks to the US for economic, political and diplomatic leadership, it would be a sobering moment.

对于那些仍然指望美国在经济、政治和外交方面扮演领导角色的人来说，应该醒醒了。

Upon sobering up and looking at the notebook in which he had written his drug-addled thoughts, he saw only gibberish.

当他清醒过来，再次审视记载着他混乱思维的笔记本时，他看到的只是垃圾。

But the other reason, he said, is more sobering: Few academics are clean enough to point a finger at others.

但还有另一个更重要的原因：没有哪个学者干净到了能够指责他人造假的程度。

A dire warning from her doctor and a sobering family history got Mary's attention.

医生的严重警告和发人深省的家族史引起了玛丽的警惕。

The sobering reality, however, is that none of this is going to happen anytime soon if it will ever happen at all.

然而，现实令人清醒，所有这些如果可以实现的话，也不会很快实现。

But, secondly, the issues raised are sobering; indeed, if you read this report, it is hard not to feel a sense of deja vu.

其次，它提到的问题发人深省：的确，你在读这份报告时，很难不产生一种似曾相识的感觉。

The death of Nancy Spungen in October 1978 was a sobering moment, driving home to its management that things were getting out of hand.

1978年10月南希·史邦镇的死就是一个发人深省的时刻，这个事件的发生使得管理层明白了事情正在变得难以控制。

scene sub-sober France: drinking Zui Hou, take a few fresh scene son, peeled consumption, can be sobering.

现场分2清醒法国：饮水嘴侯，需要几个新场景的儿子，去皮食用，可以发人深省的。

Tea is also rich in various vitamins and, for smokers, it helps to discharge nicotine, strong tea proves to be a sobering pick-me-up.

茶亦在各种维生素丰富，并为吸烟者，有利于解除尼古丁，浓茶被证明是一个发人深省的选择，我的行动。

The most sobering perspective on Sun's chances without a deal come from the company's own chief financial officer.

目前对Sun不进行交易的前景最清醒的论断来自该公司首席财务长。

That is a sobering thought in a world ready to re-embrace relatively carbon-free nuclear power.

那在一个准备重新回归相关无碳核动力的世界里是一种清醒的认识。

Yet behind all this self-congratulation lurk more sobering considerations.

然而这些自我祝贺的背后也潜伏着更多的清醒的考虑。

That sobering moment taught Sully to be vigilant and alert. For a pilot, one simple mistake could mean death.

这个沉重的时刻教会了萨伦伯格提高警觉。对一名飞行员来说，一个微小的失误可能就意味着死亡。