sedate
英 [s?'de?t]
美
- adj. 安靜的；沉著的
- vt. 給…服鎮靜劑
GRE低頻詞擴展詞匯
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?sedates;過去式:?sedated;過去分詞:?sedated;現在分詞:?sedating;比較級:?sedater;最高級:?sedatest;副詞:?sedately;
中文詞源
sedate 使鎮靜，使鎮定
來自拉丁語 sedere,坐，來自 PIE*sed,坐，坐下，詞源同 sit,seat.引申比喻義使鎮靜，使鎮定。
英文詞源
- sedate (v.)
- "treat with sedatives," 1945, a back-formation from the noun derivative of sedative (adj.). The word also existed 17c. in a sense "make calm or quiet." Related: Sedated; sedating.
- sedate (adj.)
- "calm, quiet," 1660s, from Latin sedatus "composed, moderate, quiet, tranquil," past participle of sedare "to settle, calm," causative of sedere "to sit" (see sedentary). Related: Sedately.
雙語例句
- 1. I live in a sedate little village in the Midlands.
- 我住在英格蘭中部一個寧靜的小村莊里。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. We set off again at a more sedate pace.
- 我們重新上路了，步調更加從容。
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- 3. She took them to visit her sedate, elderly cousins.
- 她帶他們去拜訪她那些不茍言笑的表兄表姐們。
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- 4. Today's celebrations have been altogether more sedate.
- 今天的慶祝活動顯然更加莊重。
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- 5. Her London life was sedate, almost mundane.
- 她在倫敦的生活平淡無奇，幾乎有些枯燥。
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