sedate
sedate1
adjective
sedately
adverb
sedateness
noun
语源
sedate2
verb
adjective
- calm, dignified, and unhurried
安静的；稳重的
in the old days, business was carried on at a rather more sedate pace.
以前，生意做得很稳重。
■quiet and rather dull
安静沉闷的
sedate suburban domesticity.
沉闷的郊区家庭生活。
sedately
adverb
sedateness
noun
语源
- 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'
sedate2
verb
- [with obj.]calm (someone) or make them sleep by administering a sedative drug
给…服镇静剂，用镇静剂使平静
she was heavily sedated.
给她服用了大量镇静剂。
- 1960s: back-formation from sedation
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