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- 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。
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- quiet and rather dull安静而沉闷的：
sedate suburban domesticity.
沉闷的郊区家庭生活。
派生词
sedately
adverbsedateness
noun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'.