silence
n. 寂靜; 緘口不言; 無音信
v. 使安靜; 壓制
If there is silence, nobody is speaking.
They stood in silence...
他們默不作聲地站著。
He never lets those long silences develop during dinner...
他從不會讓晚餐時出現長時間的沉默。
The silence of a place is the extreme quietness there.
...the silence of that rainless, all-concealing fog...
滴雨未下、隱藏一切的大霧靜默無聲
She breathed deeply, savouring the silence.
她深深地吸了口氣,細細品味著這寧靜。
Someone's silence about something is their failure or refusal to speak to other people about it.
The district court ruled that Popper's silence in court today should be entered as a plea of not guilty.
區法院裁定今天波珀在法庭上的緘默將被視作是進行無罪抗辯。
To silence someone or something means to stop them speaking or making a noise.
A ringing phone silenced her...
響起的電話鈴聲讓她安靜了下來。
The shock silenced him completely.
他驚得啞口無言。
If someone silences you, they stop you expressing opinions that they do not agree with.
Like other tyrants, he tried to silence anyone who spoke out against him.
像其他暴君一樣,他力圖壓制任何公開反對他的人。
...an unsuccessful attempt by the government to silence the debate.
政府試圖壓制爭論但未果
To silence someone means to kill them in order to stop them revealing something secret.
A hit man had been sent to silence her over the affair.
為了掩蓋這件事,已經派出一名職業殺手去殺她滅口。
1. the state of being silent (as when no one is speaking);
2. the absence of sound;
3. a refusal to speak when expected;
4. the trait of keeping things secret
1. cause to be quiet or not talk;
2. keep from expression, for example by threats or pressure;
in silence
安靜地,無聲地
silence is golden
(諺)沉默是金;什麼話不說為好
Now and then a bird's song broke in upon the silence of the wood.
鳥鳴聲不時打破林中的寂靜.
Profound silence prevailed on the open countryside.
四野茫茫,寂靜無聲.
Forgive me for my long silence.
請原諒我好久沒給你寫信.
A patient throng was waiting in silence.
一大群耐心的人在靜靜地等著.
No one knew of these transactions , nor was he going to mention them to anyone else. He was like the dumb man eating the bitter herb; he had to suffer in silence.
這件事誰也不知道, 他又不能對任何人提起, 真是啞巴吃黃連, 有苦說不出.
v. 噓
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v. 節制,使弱,縮小,減輕
abaterelievealleviatedeadenlessentemperdullweakenbluntslackendiminishquenchdecreasemoderatelighten
v. 鎮壓,箝制,
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n. 保留,秘而不宣,膽怯,抑制
reticencereservationshynessconstraintmeeknesstimiditybashfulnessreservediffidenceuncommunicativenesstimorousness
n. 埋沒,隱居,模糊,不清楚
darknessprivacyobscurityoblivion
n. 寂靜,平靜,安寧
placiditynoiselessnesspeaceablenessreposeserenitystillnesscalmairstillquietpeacefulnesscalmnessquietudehushtranquillityrestdeadpeacequietness
n. 沉默,不言語,因驚奇而一言不發
dumbnessinexpressivenessspeechlessnesstaciturnitymutismvoicelessnessmutenesswordlessness
n. 秘密,隱蔽,鎮壓
suppressionsecrecyconcealmentsecretivenessstealthrepression
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