Sedate

(verb.) cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to; 'The patient must be sedated before the operation'.

(adj.) characterized by dignity and propriety .

黛尔编辑

• Yet while Dr. Bretton continued subdued, and, for him, sedate, he was still observant. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• They were to be humoured, borne with very patiently: a courteous though sedate manner impressed them; a very rare flash of raillery did good. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• In time, I doubt not, I shall make her uniformly sedate and decorous, without being unaccountably pensive. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Jane looked a little paler than usual, but more sedate than Elizabeth had expected. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• Sedate and solemn were the score of rubbers in which Mr. Pickwick and the old lady played together; uproarious was the mirth of the round table. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Pondering, in its suggestive presence, I seemed to see a crazy universe of swinging disks, the toiling children of this sedate parent. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.

编辑:尼特