| 单词 | sedate |
| 释义 | sedate (sɪdeɪt ) Word forms: sedates , sedating , sedated 1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] If you describe someone or something as sedate, you mean that they are quiet and rather dignified, though perhaps a bit dull. She took them to visit her sedate, elderly cousins. Her London life was sedate, almost mundane. I live in a sedate little village in the Midlands. Synonyms: calm, collected, quiet, seemly sedately adverb [ADVERB with verb] ...sedately dressed in business suit with waistcoat. 2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] If you move along at a sedate pace, you move slowly, in a controlled way. We set off again at a more sedate pace. ...a heavy car with solid but sedate performance. Synonyms: unhurried, easy, relaxed, measured sedately adverb [ADVERB after verb] He pulled sedately out of the short driveway. 3. verb If someone is sedated, they are given a drug to calm them or to make them sleep. The patient is sedated with intravenous use of sedative drugs. [be VERB-ed] Doctors sedated me and I fell into a deep sleep. [VERB noun] Synonyms: drug, knock out, dope, anaesthetize sedated adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE] Grace was asleep, lightly sedated. Collocations: sedate pace Leaving me to promenade at a more sedate pace, mindful of times past but surely not forgotten. Times, Sunday Times Back when we first met in the 1990s, we were both living our lives at what might be called a less than sedate pace. Times, Sunday Times I thoroughly enjoyed the simple pleasures and sedate pace. Times, Sunday Times Those who prefer a more sedate pace can stick to walking, cycling or even horse-riding. The Sun He liked life at a sedate pace even before yesterday's news, which will be followed by further hospital tests. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 沉静的, 给予镇静剂 Japanese: 平静な, 鎮静剤を与える |
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