quietus
pronunciation
UK [kwaɪˈi:təs]
US [kwaɪˈitəs]
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- n.
- 偿清
- 解除
- 寂灭
- 死
Word Origin
quietus 寂灭，解脱
来自quiet,安静的，静止的，-us,名词后缀。委婉语，即安静或平和的死去。
Example
- 1. The police gave the villain his quietus .
- 警察结果了那坏蛋的性命。
- 2. After a quietus of twenty years she returned .
- 她隐退二十年后又东山再起。
- 3. The plan has finally got its quietus , ie been abandoned .
- 这一计画终於胎死腹中。
- 4. The quietus of the attacks apparently culminated with the us and uk pirate parties asking for a ddos ceasefire in late november , less than two weeks before wikileaks would suffer their own attacks in an attempt supposedly by a us patriot to halt the leak of the us embassy cables .
- 攻击的消停看上去在美国和英国的海盗党要求停止ddos攻击时达到了最大贯彻，此时是11月底，距离维基解密自己被攻击不到两个星期，这次攻击被认为是美国的爱国主义者试图阻止美国使馆电报的外泄。
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