To make a person or an animal calm — or unconscious — by giving them a drug. In real use it is overwhelmingly about animals: vets and wildlife teams tranquillize a bear, a tiger, an escaped horse, usually with a dart fired from a gun so they can move or treat the animal safely.

To make使 a person or an animal calm一個人或動物平靜下來 — or unconscious或失去意識 — by giving them a drug靠給他們藥物. In real use實際使用上 it is overwhelmingly about animals幾乎都是用在動物身上: vets and wildlife teams獸醫和野生動物團隊 tranquillize a bear, a tiger, an escaped horse把熊、老虎、逃跑的馬打鎮靜劑, usually with a dart fired from a gun通常用槍發射的麻醉針 so they can move or treat the animal safely好讓他們安全地移動或治療動物.

Used of people it sounds clinical and slightly disturbing, because it suggests the person was drugged into calmness rather than choosing it, and it often carries criticism — patients tranquillized to keep the ward quiet. The related noun 'tranquillizer' is the everyday word here: it means a drug that calms someone, and 'tranquillizer dart' is what most people actually say.

Used of people用在人身上時, it聽起來 sounds clinical and slightly disturbing聽起來很臨床、有點令人不安, because因為 it suggests它暗示 the person was drugged into calmness這個人是被藥物弄平靜的 rather than choosing it而不是自己選擇平靜下來, and it often carries criticism而且常常帶著批評的意味 — patients tranquillized病人被打鎮靜劑 to keep the ward quiet只是為了讓病房安靜. The related noun 'tranquillizer'相關的名詞「tranquillizer」 is the everyday word here才是這裡的日常用字: it means它指的是 a drug that calms someone一種讓人平靜的藥物, and而 'tranquillizer dart'「tranquillizer dart」 is what most people actually say才是大多數人實際會說的.

There is a rarer, gentler use with no drug involved at all, where writers say a sound or a place tranquillizes the mind, meaning it soothes it — that is literary and you will not need it in speech. British English spells it with two l's and often -ise (tranquillise); American English writes 'tranquilize'.

There is還有 a rarer, gentler use一種更少見、更溫和的用法 with no drug involved at all完全不涉及藥物, where writers say作家會說 a sound or a place一個聲音或一個地方 tranquillizes the mind使心靈平靜, meaning it soothes it意思是它安撫了心靈 — that is literary這是文學性的用法 and you will not need it in speech你在口語裡不會用到它. British English英式英文 spells it with two l's拼成兩個l and often -ise而且常用-ise結尾 (tranquillise)(tranquillise); American English美式英文 writes 'tranquilize'寫成「tranquilize」.