silence
发音
英 [ˈsaɪləns]
美 [ˈsaɪləns]
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- n.
- 沉默,无言,无表示,无声,沉静,肃静,寂静,缄默
- 无音信,失去联系,忘却,湮没,无表示,无音讯
- [乐]停止
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- vt.
- 使安静
- 使沉默
- 压制
单词词源
silence 安静,沉默,
来自 silent,安静的,-ence,名词后缀。
同义词
your up not it another be off quiet mouth silent sh shut hold turn tongue still belt word whist can shush hist hush
abate relieve alleviate deaden lessen temper dull weaken blunt slacken diminish quench decrease moderate lighten
arrest put curb stop squelch kill gag throttle inhibit strangle quash repress muzzle crush restrain censor preclude slay choke quell smother down subdue cut interrupt check prevent squash murder chasten in stifle suppress
reticence reservation shyness constraint meekness timidity bashfulness reserve diffidence uncommunicativeness timorousness
双语例句
- 1. Silence is a deadly weapon .
- 沉默是一件致命武器。
- 2. Their silence was a rebuke .
- 他们的沉默就是一种指责。
- 3. Never be bullied into silence .
- 永远不要被外界恐吓到沉默。
- 4. Peremptory silence no longer works .
- 无法再强制人们保持沉默了。
- 5. Civilian silence thus spoke volumes .
- 政府方面的沉默正说明了问题。