
sedate基本信息
读法:英 [sɪ"deɪt] 美
释义:
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英英释义
Adjective:
"a quiet sedate nature"
"as sober as a judge"
"a solemn promise"
"the judge was solemn as he pronounced sentence"
中英词源
sedate 使镇静,使镇定
来自拉丁语 sedere,坐,来自 PIE*sed,坐,坐下,词源同 sit,seat.引申比喻义使镇静,使镇定。
- 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.
词态变化
第三人称单数 sedates;
过去式 sedated;
过去分词 sedated;
现在分词 sedating;
比较级 sedater;
最高级 sedatest;
副词 sedately;
权威造句
- 1. 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。
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- 2. We set off again at a more sedate pace.
- 我们重新上路了,步调更加从容。
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- 3. 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。
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- 4. Today"s celebrations have been altogether more sedate.
- 今天的庆祝活动显然更加庄重。
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- 5. Her London life was sedate, almost mundane.
- 她在伦敦的生活平淡无奇,几乎有些枯燥。
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