1 ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n] 安静的;庄重的;不苟言笑的;平淡无奇的 If you describe someone or something as sedate, you mean that they are quiet and rather dignified, though perhaps a bit dull. 安静的;庄重的;不苟言笑的;平淡无奇的
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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。
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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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I live in a sedate little village in the Midlands.
我住在英格兰中部一个宁静的小村庄里。
SYN calm, collected, quiet, seemly
2 ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n] 不慌不忙的;慢悠悠的;从容的 If you move along at a sedate pace, you move slowly, in a controlled way. 不慌不忙的;慢悠悠的;从容的
SYN unhurried, easy, relaxed, measured
3 VERB 给…施用镇静剂 If someone is sedated, they are given a drug to calm them or to make them sleep. 给…施用镇静剂
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The patient is sedated with intravenous use of sedative drugs. [be VERB-ed]
静脉注射了镇静剂后病人安然入睡。
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Doctors have been told not to sedate children with an anaesthetic that may be linked to five deaths. [VERB noun]
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。
SYN drug, knock out, dope, anaesthetize
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