英 [sɪˈdeɪt] 美 [sɪˈdeɪt]
adj. 安静的；沉着的
vt. 给……服镇静剂
第三人称单数sedates
现在分词sedating
过去式sedated
过去分词sedated
比较级more sedate
最高级most sedate
sedate /sɪˈdeɪt/ [ sedating sedated sedates ]
形容词 If you describe someone or something as sedate, you mean that they are quiet and rather dignified, though perhaps a bit dull. 沉静的; 庄重的; 不苟言笑的
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 life was sedate, almost mundane.
她的生活很平静，几乎有些枯燥。
形容词 If you move along at a sedate pace, you move slowly, in a controlled way. 不慌不忙的
We set off again at a more sedate pace.
我们又一次出发了,步调更加缓慢。
及物动词 If someone is sedated, they are given a drug to calm them or to make them sleep. (用镇静剂) 使镇静
The patient is sedated with intravenous use of sedative drugs.
这名患者在静脉注射了镇静剂后镇静了下来。
cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to
The patient must be sedated before the operation
同义词： calm / tranquilize / tranquillize / tranquillise
characterized by dignity and propriety
同义词： staid
... 诺亚希伯来镇静的 Noah 发狂的镇静的 distraughtcomposed 安静的、镇静的 sedate ...
... make up 化妆 Sedate 庄重的; 严肃的; 不苟言笑的 the beauty of mind 心灵美 ...
... secure 安全的，保护；招致，带来 sedate 镇静的，安静的；给...服镇静剂 sedentary 久坐的，固定不动 ...
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。
The scene was more sedate a few hours later when President Obama took questions from the citizens of Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
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For something more sedate, the Comb Artspace puts on quality, contemporary exhibitions that belie its compact space.
My view of Britain therefore, not surprisingly, was of a rather sedate and sophisticated society.
The colonel came over and asked the medic if he could sedate the man with morphine.