ADJ-GRADED 安静的;庄重的;不苟言笑的;平淡无奇的 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... 她带他们去拜访她那些不苟言笑的表兄表姐们。
Her London life was sedate, almost mundane... 她在伦敦的生活平淡无奇,几乎有些枯燥。
I live in a sedate little village in the Midlands. 我住在英格兰中部一个宁静的小村庄里。
ADJ-GRADED 不慌不忙的;慢悠悠的;从容的 If you move along at a sedate pace, you move slowly, in a controlled way.
We set off again at a more sedate pace. 我们重新上路了,步调更加从容。
...a heavy car with solid but sedate performance. 一辆性能稳定但行驶缓慢的重型汽车
VERB 给…施用镇静剂 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... 静脉注射了镇静剂后病人安然入睡。
Doctors have been told not to sedate children with an anaesthetic that may be linked to five deaths. 医生们已被告知不要给儿童使用麻醉剂,因为它可能与5起死亡病例有关。