squelch

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  • vi.
    发吧唧声,发扑哧声
  • 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。

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