sedate /sɪˈdeɪt/ ( sedating, sedated, sedates )

• 1. 

  ADJ If you describe someone or something as sedate, you mean that they are quiet and rather dignified, though perhaps a bit dull. 沉静的; 庄重的; 不苟言笑的

  例：

  She took them to visit her sedate, elderly cousins.

  她带他们去探望她那些不苟言笑的表哥表姐们。

  例：

  Her life was sedate, almost mundane.

  她的生活很平静，几乎有些枯燥。

• 2. 

  ADJ If you move along at a sedate pace, you move slowly, in a controlled way. 不慌不忙的

  例：

  We set off again at a more sedate pace.

  我们又一次出发了,步调更加缓慢。

• 3. 

  V-T If someone is sedated, they are given a drug to calm them or to make them sleep. (用镇静剂) 使镇静

  例：

  The patient is sedated with intravenous use of sedative drugs.

  这名患者在静脉注射了镇静剂后镇静了下来。