sedate是什么意思

双语例句

(1)The war zone spent another sedate night.

战区又度过了一个平静的夜晚。

(2)His sedate speech made the audience uninterested.

他沉闷的发言让观众毫无兴趣。

(3)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。

(4)The doctor sedated the patient heavily.

医生给病人服用了大量的镇静药

(5)Her life was sedate, almost mundane.

她的生活很平静，几乎有些枯燥。

(6)We set off again at a more sedate pace.

我们又一次出发了,步调更加缓慢。

(7)We followed the youngsters at a more sedate pace.

我们跟在年轻人后面，步子稍慢一点。

(8)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。

(9)Her London life was sedate, almost mundane.

她在伦敦的生活平淡无奇，几乎有些枯燥。

同义词

adj. 安静的；沉着的

反义词

同根词

词根 sedate

(1)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

(2)sedately adv. 安详地；镇静地

(3)sedation n. 镇静；镇静作用；镇静状态

(4)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."