squelch
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                                                英 [skweltʃ]
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                            
                                                
                                                美 [skwɛltʃ]
                                                
                                                
                                        
                                        
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- vi.
 - 发吧唧声,发扑哧声
 
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- vt.
 - <美>制止
 - 压制
 - 遏制
 - 限制
 
 
单词词源
squelch 发吧唧声,发扑哧声,制止,镇压
来自拟声词根 squ-,挤,压,模仿挤压湿物体时发出的吧唧声。引申比喻义制止,镇压。
双语例句
- 1. Squelch mobile communication , they reasoned , and protesters wouldn 't be able to mobilize .
 - 他们的理由是,压制移动电话通信,这样抗议者就无法动员了。
 
- 2. And that is why mr wen and his colleagues not only decry debate about the exchange rate abroad . They also squelch debate at home .
 - 这就是为什么温先生和他的同事不仅谴责国外关于中国汇率的辩论,也压制国内对此事的辩论。
 
- 3. A political scandal surrounding german president christian wulff intensified tuesday as new information emerged that he tried to squelch media reports about his private business dealings .
 - 一桩围绕德国总统伍尔夫(christianwulff)的政治丑闻周二升级,有新的消息曝料,他曾试图压制媒体有关其私人商业交易的报道。
 
- 4. And he has promised to encourage more open debate as speaker , giving the minority more freedom to introduce amendments and eschewing the sort of procedural tricks the democrats have used in recent years to squelch dissent and avoid awkward votes .
 - 他也承诺作为议长将鼓励更多的公开辩论,在对议案提供修改方面给少数派更大的自由,并且避免民主党人近几年来为压制异议、避免尴尬表决而使用的程序性手段。
 
- 5. Hacked emails from an influential u. k.climate-science lab suggest that researchers there tried to squelch scientific challenges to what has become scientific consensus : that human beings are largely responsible for climate change .
 - 黑客截获的英国一个很有影响的气候科学实验室的电子邮件显示,那里的研究人员试图压制对已成为科学共识的论点的挑战:即人类应该对气候变化负主要责任。