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sedateness

/si-deyt/US // sɪˈdeɪt //UK // (sɪˈdeɪt) //

镇静,镇静性,沉着冷静,镇定

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : calm, quiet, or composed; undisturbed by passion or excitement: a sedate party; a sedate horse.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    se·dat·ed, se·dat·ing.

    • : to put under sedation.

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Examples

  • Baluška and his colleagues sedated plants that feature moving parts, such as Venus flytraps.

  • He was put on a ventilator and spent several weeks heavily sedated.

  • She was sedated against her will during childbirth and not allowed to hold her baby after he was born.

  • You have kept the same sedate occupation for two decades, parceling out the wealth of the dead amongst the living.

  • It is unclear how Trierweiler came to the conclusion that the Élysée had allegedly been ordering the doctors to sedate her.

  • They are introduced; they call each other “Mr.” and “Miss”; they dance a sedate foxtrot.

  • The Twomblys, which might appear settled in more sedate company, here writhe and twitch.

  • He boasted of doing so much drugs that he had enough “running through my circulatory system to sedate Guatemala.”

  • I don't quite understand how a city can be so sedate and frenetic at the same time, but somehow Los Angeles manages it.

  • Mrs Black was a woman of sedate character and considerable knowledge for her station in life—especially in regard to Scripture.

  • "That was because Mr. Burlingame was not kind or good to other people," was Kitty's sedate response.

  • Sheppy was coming around the corner of the granary in his most sedate manner, when the pop-eyed avalanche almost stepped on him.

  • He seemed very easy and sedate, and a little melancholy for so young a man, but his smile was charming.

  • The alley is well paved and clean, and lined chiefly with the backs of sedate and institutional-looking buildings.