sedate

Word family adverbsedatelynounsedatenesssedationadjectivesedatesedative

se·date1 /sɪˈdeɪt/ adjectiveadj

1 ORDINARYcalm, serious, and formal 安静的，安详的；庄重的

a sedate seaside town

宁静的海边小镇

The wedding was rather a sedate occasion.

婚礼上气氛庄重。

2 SLOW formal moving slowly and calmly 〔行进〕慢悠悠的

We continued our walk at a sedate pace.

我们慢悠悠地继续走。

—sedately adverbadv

Examples from the Corpus

sedate• Everybody downtown agreed that, if anything, Chicago had become even more sedate.• The authors are intensely polite and agreeable, rendering the discussions somewhat rehearsed and far too sedate.• Overall, the wedding was a sedate affair.• So while a Hilfiger presentation can sometimes transform into an unruly party, a Nautica show remains sedate and serious.• She watched his black, angular figure move at a sedate, clerical pace, across the grass.• Still, I was fairly sedate compared to the man sitting a couple of seats away.

单词	sedate
释义	sedate Word family adverbsedatelynounsedatenesssedationadjectivesedatesedative se·date1 /sɪˈdeɪt/ adjectiveadj 1 ORDINARYcalm, serious, and formal 安静的，安详的；庄重的 a sedate seaside town 宁静的海边小镇 The wedding was rather a sedate occasion. 婚礼上气氛庄重。 2 SLOW formal moving slowly and calmly 〔行进〕慢悠悠的 We continued our walk at a sedate pace. 我们慢悠悠地继续走。 —sedately adverbadv Examples from the Corpus sedate• Everybody downtown agreed that, if anything, Chicago had become even more sedate.• The authors are intensely polite and agreeable, rendering the discussions somewhat rehearsed and far too sedate.• Overall, the wedding was a sedate affair.• So while a Hilfiger presentation can sometimes transform into an unruly party, a Nautica show remains sedate and serious.• She watched his black, angular figure move at a sedate, clerical pace, across the grass.• Still, I was fairly sedate compared to the man sitting a couple of seats away. Related topics: Hospital sedate2 verb [transitiveT] MHto give someone drugs to make them calm or to make them sleep 给…服镇静剂 He was still in shock, and heavily sedated. 他仍惊魂未定，服用了大量镇静剂。 n Grammar Sedate is often used in the passive. Examples from the Corpus heavily sedated• He observed that his daughter was heavily sedated and that her breathing was extremely laboured.• On her deathbed the heavily sedated Ann snatches back her past.• She was heavily sedated for the pain. Origin sedate1 (1600-1700) Latin past participle of sedare “to make calm” sedate2 (1900-2000) sedative
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