sedation
noun /sɪˈdeɪʃn/
/sɪˈdeɪʃn/
[uncountable]- the act of giving somebody drugs in order to make them calm or to make them sleep; the state that results from this
药物镇静；镇静状态 - under sedation The victim's wife was last night being kept under sedation in the local hospital.
昨晚，受害人的妻子在当地医院用药后处于镇静状态。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- deep
- heavy
- mild
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- under sedation
词源mid 16th cent.: from French sédation or Latin sedatio(n-), from sedare ‘settle’, from sedere ‘sit’. - under sedation The victim's wife was last night being kept under sedation in the local hospital.