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sedate
时间: 2023-08-19 09:05:14
GRE
英 [sɪˈdeɪt]
美 [sɪˈdeɪt]

adj. 安静的;镇定沉着的;稳重的;安静而沉闷的

v. 给…服镇静剂;用镇静剂使安睡

双语例句
  • The war zone spent another sedate night.

    战区又度过了一个平静的夜晚。

  • His sedate speech made the audience uninterested.

    他沉闷的发言让观众毫无兴趣。

  • The doctor sedated him to make him temporarily unconscious.

    医生给他服用镇静药让他暂时昏迷过去。

  • The doctor sedated the patient heavily.

    医生给病人服用了大量的镇静药

  • Her life was sedate, almost mundane.

    她的生活很平静,几乎有些枯燥。

  • We set off again at a more sedate pace.

    我们又一次出发了,步调更加缓慢。

  • We followed the youngsters at a more sedate pace.

    我们跟在年轻人后面,步子稍慢一点。

  • She took them to visit her sedate, elderly cousins.

    她带他们去探望她那些不苟言笑的表哥表姐们。

  • Her London life was sedate, almost mundane.

    她在伦敦的生活平淡无奇,几乎有些枯燥。

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词根 sedate

  • sedative adj. 使镇静的;使安静的 n. [药] 镇静剂;能使安静的东西;止痛药

  • sedately adv. 安详地;镇静地

  • sedation n. 镇静;镇静作用;镇静状态

  • sedateness n. 安详;镇静

释义
adj.

calm, dignified, and unhurried

安静的;镇定沉着的;稳重的

  • in the old days, business was carried on at a rather more sedate pace.

    以前,生意做得比较稳重。

quiet and rather dull

安静而沉闷的

  • sedate suburban domesticity.

    沉闷的郊区家庭生活。

v.

calm (someone) or make them sleep by administering a sedative drug

给…服镇静剂,用镇静剂使安睡

  • she was heavily sedated.

    给她服用了大量镇静剂。

词源

"late Middle English (originally as a medical term meaning ‘not sore or painful', also ‘calm, tranquil’): from Latin sedatus, past participle of sedare ‘settle', from sedere ‘sit’.1960s: back-formation from SEDATION."

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