sedate
英 [sɪ'deɪt]
美
- adj. 安静的；沉着的
- vt. 给…服镇静剂
词态变化
第三人称单数: sedates;过去式: sedated;过去分词: sedated;现在分词: sedating;比较级: sedater;最高级: sedatest;副词: sedately;
中文词源
sedate 使镇静，使镇定
来自拉丁语 sedere,坐，来自 PIE*sed,坐，坐下，词源同 sit,seat.引申比喻义使镇静，使镇定。
英英释意
- 1. cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to;
- "The patient must be sedated before the operation"
英文词源
- sedate (v.)
- "treat with sedatives," 1945, a back-formation from the noun derivative of sedative (adj.). The word also existed 17c. in a sense "make calm or quiet." Related: Sedated; sedating.
- sedate (adj.)
- "calm, quiet," 1660s, from Latin sedatus "composed, moderate, quiet, tranquil," past participle of sedare "to settle, calm," causative of sedere "to sit" (see sedentary). Related: Sedately.
考试真题
- Sedate though they are, rides at this time of day are still very impressive.
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实用场景例句
- We followed the youngsters at a more sedate pace.
- 我们跟在年轻人后面，步子稍慢一点。
牛津词典
- a sedate country town
- 宁静的乡间小镇
牛津词典
- a sedate, sober man
- 一个严肃审慎的人
牛津词典
- Most of the patients are heavily sedated.
- 多数病人服了大剂量镇静药。
牛津词典
- She took them to visit her sedate, elderly cousins...
- 她带他们去拜访她那些不苟言笑的表兄表姐们。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Her London life was sedate, almost mundane...
- 她在伦敦的生活平淡无奇，几乎有些枯燥。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- We set off again at a more sedate pace.
- 我们重新上路了，步调更加从容。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...a heavy car with solid but sedate performance.
- 一辆性能稳定但行驶缓慢的重型汽车
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The patient is sedated with intravenous use of sedative drugs...
- 静脉注射了镇静剂后病人安然入睡。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Doctors have been told not to sedate children with an anaesthetic that may be linked to five deaths.
- 医生们已被告知不要给儿童使用麻醉剂，因为它可能与5起死亡病例有关。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- A more sedate option is the lovely old steamship TSS Earnslaw.
- 如果要选择更安静一点的方式,则有古董蒸汽轮船恩斯罗号.
期刊摘选
- I seemed to be reduced to my former calm, sedate way of living.
- 我似乎又恢复了以前那种安定, 宁静的生活方式.
辞典例句
- We spent a sedate evening at home.
- 我们在家里过了一个恬静的夜晚.
《简明英汉词典》
- She is very sedate for a child and would rather read or sew than play.
- 作为一个孩子她很稳重而且宁愿阅读或缝衣也不玩耍.
期刊摘选
- Betty is a sedate girl.
- 贝蒂是个恬静的姑娘.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Vandeuvres had sat himself down by the stout man, who still looked very sedate.
- 汪德夫尔已经走到那个矮胖子身边坐下,那个人的样子, 依然是很沉着的.
辞典例句
- Miss Arena has a graceful, sedate manner.
- 艾瑞那小姐的仪态优雅文静.
辞典例句
- It would never do to appear sedate and elderly before Melanie's sweet youthfulness.
- 可千万不能在媚兰那娇嫩的姿色前显得稳重和老气呀!
飘（部分）
- She behaves frivolously, she is not at all sedate.
- 她举止飘浮, 很不稳重.
期刊摘选
- Orbits were not the sedate, orderly system they are today.
- 轨道还不是今天那样静止 、 有序的系统.
期刊摘选
- Upon the most sedate consideration, I resolved that it was absolutely necessary to conceal it all.
- 经过了最冷静的考虑之后, 我认为把他完全隐藏起来是绝对必要的.
辞典例句
- Have sedate and have a good sales channel model.
- 性格稳重,待人真诚,具有良好的销售渠道模式.
期刊摘选
- A sedate person out of livery approached them and relieved the maid of her bags.
- 一个举止庄重的没穿制服的人走来,从女仆手里接过提包.
辞典例句
- They plan to sedate the giant mammal with a tranquilizer.
- 他们计划先用镇静剂让这个大家伙先镇定下来.
期刊摘选
- Right now the future buzzes along at a sedate pace.
- 现在未来的步伐正在逼近我们.
期刊摘选
- But the sedate gentleman in the black bowler hat who made quite a fool of himself.
- 然而,那位头戴黑色圆顶硬礼帽、举止稳重的人,却出了洋相.
期刊摘选
- They tried to sedate her.
- 他们想用镇静剂使她静下来.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- It took an extremely large dose just to sedate him in the first place.
- 首先需要给他服用大剂量的镇静剂.
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