sedate
英 [sɪˈdeɪt]
[ADJ, VERB]
1. 沉静的 , 庄重的 , 不苟言笑的
If you describe someone or something as sedate, you mean that they are quiet and rather dignified, though perhaps a bit dull.
双语例句
例：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。
例：Her life was sedate, almost mundane.
她的生活很平静，几乎有些枯燥。
2. 不慌不忙的 , 从容的
If you move along at a sedate pace, you move slowly, in a controlled way.
双语例句
例：We set off again at a more sedate pace.
我们又一次出发了，步调更加从容。
ADJ. 形容词
sedates , sedating , sedated
1. [T 及物动词] （用镇静剂）使镇静
If someone is sedated, they are given a drug to calm them or to make them sleep.
双语例句
例：The patient is sedated with intravenous use of sedative drugs.
这名患者在注射了镇静剂后安静了下来。
VERB. 动词
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