sedate

adjective

/sɪˈdeɪt/

[usually before noun]

slow, calm and relaxed镇定的；泰然的；不慌不忙的 synonym unhurried
- We followed the youngsters at a more sedate pace.我们跟在年轻人后面，步子稍慢一点。
quiet, especially in a way that lacks excitement宁静的；不热闹的
- a sedate country town宁静的乡间小镇
- a sedate family occasion平静的家庭聚会
- a sedate, sober man一个严肃审慎的人

词源adjective 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’.

sedate

verb

/sɪˈdeɪt/

[often passive]

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they sedate	/sɪˈdeɪt/ /sɪˈdeɪt/
he / she / it sedates	/sɪˈdeɪts/ /sɪˈdeɪts/
past simple sedated	/sɪˈdeɪtɪd/ /sɪˈdeɪtɪd/
past participle sedated	/sɪˈdeɪtɪd/ /sɪˈdeɪtɪd/
-ing form sedating	/sɪˈdeɪtɪŋ/ /sɪˈdeɪtɪŋ/

sedate somebody/something to give somebody drugs in order to make them calm and/or to make them sleep给…服镇静剂 synonym tranquillize
- Most of the patients are heavily sedated.多数病人服了大剂量镇静药。
- A vet was called to sedate the animal.一名兽医被叫来给动物注射镇静剂。
词源verb 1960s: back-formation from sedation.