清醒起来；使…清醒；使严肃起来

covering up───掩盖，盖住

powering up───上电，加电

limbering up───（使）变柔软；在剧烈运动前作准备活动

softening up───使软化

bearing up───使振作；不气馁；驶向下风

cheering up───使高兴；高兴起来；使振奋

gobbling up───狼吞虎咽；贪婪地抓住

opening up───开放，扩大开放；疏通，打通；开发矿山

But reading up on how powerful your brain's hold on your behavior can be when you're trying to stop rewarding it with fatty food is, well, sobering.───但是，当你知道你的大脑对行为有着强大的控制力的时候，那么你应当清醒过来，不再以高脂食品犒劳自己了。

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。

The results, while sobering, don't imply that every child who has crying fits, wakes up repeatedly at night or is a fussy eater, will grow up to have behavior problems.───但是要清楚一点，这个结果并不意味着每个爱哭的孩子，夜里反复起床或是吃饭困难，都会在成长中有行为问题。

Which brings me to the second paradox: sobering up about our smallness and maintaining faith in our greatness all at once.───这让我想到第二个矛盾点：让我们意识到我们的眇小同时保持我们伟大的信念。

When Germans look at Europe's periphery they see economies that partied when they should have been sobering up.───当德国人看到欧洲外围成员国的时候，他们意识到自己应该在经济体可以分离的时候清醒点。

Parts of the county are still sobering up from the unprecedented celebrations.