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😶n.沉默²;寂静²⁸vt.使安静⁴;使沉默过去分词silenced现在分词silencing三单silences
属性睡前一刻
n.名词
U 寂静,无声absence of sound; complete quiet U 沉默the state of not speaking or making a noise U 无音信,失去联系failure to write a letter, to telephone, etc. C 寂静时刻,期间a moment or period of any of these conditions
v.动词
vt. 使安静; 使沉默cause to be quiet; make silent
Noun:
the state of being silent as when no one is speaking;there was a shocked silence he gestured for silence the absence of sound;he needed silence in order to sleep the street was quiet a refusal to speak when expected;his silence about my contribution was surprising the trait of keeping things secret
Verb:
cause to be quiet or not talk;Please silence the children in the church! keep from expression, for example by threats or pressure;All dissenters were silenced when the dictator assumed power
n.名词
keep silence, keep silent这两个短语的意思不能混淆。keep silent是“不吭声”或“默不作声”的意思; 而keep silence则是“保持安静”的意思。试比较: I hope you will keep silence while I am away.我出去后,我希望你安静些。
Darnay was unable to keep silent any longer.达纳再也不能保持沉默了。来自 silent,安静的，-ence,名词后缀。
用作名词 n.
动词+～break a silence打破沉默buy sb's silence用贿赂封某人的口interrupt a silence打破沉默keep silence保持沉默maintain silence保持沉默observe a silence保持静默observe three minutes' silence默哀三分钟pass into silence湮没在无声无息中purchase sb's silence用贿赂堵住某人的口put sb to silence驳得某人哑口无言retreat into one's silence沉默不语treasure silence珍视沉默understand a silence理解沉静的意思〔态度〕形容词+～absolute silence绝对的沉默angry silence愤怒的沉默awful silence可怕的寂静awkward silence尴尬的沉默brief silence短暂的沉默complete silence完全沉静dead silence死一般的寂静deep silence寂静long silence长时间的沉默perfect silence完全的沉默short silence短暂的沉默strict silence严格的沉默total silence完全沉默名词+～radio silence无线电寂静介词+～in silence沉默地,无声地listen to sb in silence默默地听某人讲pass a matter with silence对某事置之不理～+介词silence between…之间默默无言silence of midnight子夜的寂静silence on recent events对近来发生的事保持沉默用作动词 v.～+名词silence crowd使人群安静下来silence the children使孩子们安静下来～+副词silence awkwardly尴尬地沉默silence completely完全沉默silence discreetly慎重地沉默silence effectually有效地沉默silence grimly阴森地沉默silence horribly可怕地沉默silence incessantly持续不断地沉默silence momentarily顷刻地沉默silence mysteriously秘密地沉默silence painfully痛苦地沉默silence sarcastically嘲笑地沉默silence sincerely严肃地沉默silence sternly严肃地沉默silence terribly可怕地沉默silence unbearably难以忍受地沉默
用作名词n.in silence安静地,无声地 without speaking or making a sound; silently reduce to silence使沉默下来 bring to silence reduce sb to silenceHis reply reduced me to silence.他的回答使我哑口无言。
Her words reduced him to angry silence.她的话气得他一言不发。
He managed to reduce the group of children to silence.他设法使这群孩子安静了下来。
She was reduced to silence at the sight.她见到那情景便哑口无言。silence is golden免开尊口,沉默是金 it can be best to say nothing 钱博士sil安静，沉默+ence名词后缀，来自拉丁语动词的现在分词形式，相当于ing⇒沉默，寂静
词根sil-安静，沉默来自拉丁语。sil安静，沉默+ence名词后缀，来自拉丁语动词的现在分词形式，相当于ing⇒沉默，寂静。近义词n. quiet反义词 sound声音noise噪声
用作名词n.A profound silence prevailed over all.深沉的静默笼罩着一切。
Now and then a bird's song broke in upon the silence of the wood.鸟鸣声不时打破林中的寂静。
The bustle and din gradually faded to silence as night advanced.随着夜越来越深,喧闹声逐渐沉寂了。
It is generally admitted that the moon is a world where silence prevails.月球是一个寂静无声的世界,这一点是众所公认的。
There was silence for a few moments, then someone came out with a most useful suggestion.沉默了一会儿,于是有人提出了一项极有用的建议。
From the silence of the company after he had made that remark, he realized that he had dropped a brick.他作了那番议论以后,一看大家一声不吭,他明白自己失言了。
She frowned him into silence.她皱眉使他沉默。
The criminal intimidated the witness into silence.犯罪分子恐吓目击证人保持缄默。
Be careful, your silence could be interpreted as an admission of guilt.小心,你的沉默有可能被看作是承认自己有罪。
Forgive me for my long silence.请原谅我好久没给你写信。
After two years' silence he suddenly got in touch with us again.在长达两年杳无音信之后,他突然又跟我们取得了联系。
Let's observe a minute's silence in memory of the dead.让我们为死者静默一分钟。
His offensive remarks were followed by an embarrassed silence.在他那无礼的讲话后,紧跟着便是一阵令人难堪的沉默。
There were long unexplained silences between her letters.她不时会有一段未予解释的久无书信的时期。用作动词v.
用作及物动词
S+～+ n./pron.He silenced the noisy children with a fierce look.他狠狠地瞪了一眼那些闹哄哄的孩子,使他们安静下来。
The speaker tried to silence the angry crowd.讲话者试图使愤怒的人群安静下来。
His commanding tone silences everyone present.他的命令口气使在场的人安静下来。
Rodin silenced him with a gesture.罗丁做手势让他安静。
The arrival of the teacher silenced the class.教师的到来使全班安静下来。
They silenced him by money or other inducements.他们用金钱或其他诱惑来封他的嘴。
The king silenced his opponents by having them put in prison.国王把反对他的人送进监狱以使他们闭口。
Butler's firm speech failed to silence opposition.巴特勒强硬的话语没能制止反对意见。
Our powerful artillery fire silenced the enemy's mortars.我军强大的炮火迫使敌人的迫击炮停止射击。
There must be a way to silence the echoes in this room.一定有办法消除这个房间的回声。
The nurse silenced the baby's crying.护士使孩子不再哭而安静下来。
The air intake must be silenced to some degree.进气口的噪声太大,必须在一定程度上加以消除。
The enemy's guns were silenced by repeated bombings.反复轰炸压制了敌人的炮火。Psilencern.使沉默的人消音器消音装置
n.名词
silence用作名词的基本意思是“寂静”,指没有声音,很静,引申可指“沉默”,一般指人对某件事保持缄默,用沉默来表示其同意或不同意, silence还可引申作“无音信,失去联系”解。作以上解时是不可数名词。 silence还可作“寂静时刻,期间”解。常用来表示一段有具体内容的沉默的时间,作此解时是可数名词。
v.动词
silence用作动词时意思是“使沉默”,可指人使喧闹的场面安静下来,也可指人采取高压手段来压制某人的言论,这种结果有可能成功,也可能无效。 silence是及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语,可用于被动结构。
动词73%,名词27%
用作名词We interpreted hissilenceas a refusal.我们认为他的沉默是拒绝的表示。
His forceful arguments reduced his opponents tosilence.他那有力的论点驳得对手哑口无言。
There was nothing butsilencein the room.这间屋内声息全无，一片寂静。
A terriblesilencedescended upon the whole hall.一阵可怕的寂静突然笼罩着整个厅堂。用作及物动词The teacher tried tosilencethe pupils.老师设法让学生们安静下来。
The speaker tried tosilencethe angry crowd .讲话者试图使愤怒的人群安静下来。
The enemy's guns weresilencedby repeated bombings.敌人的炮火因遭到轮番轰炸而沉寂了。noun.absence of sound, speech
同义词 blackout,calm,lull,peace,quiet,reticence,secrecy,stillnesscensorship,death,dumbness,hush,laconism,muteness,noiselessness,quiescence,quietness,quietude,reserve,sleep,speechlessness,still,sulk,sullenness,taciturnity,uncommunicativenessdead air,hush-hush,inarticulateness,iron curtain,saturninity
反义词 agitationclamor,communication,noise,talkverb.make or be quiet
同义词 cut off,gag,muffle,mute,muzzle,quash,quell,squelch,stifle,subdue,suppressclam,dampen,deaden,dull,extinguish,hush,lull,overawe,quiet,quieten,shush,soft pedal,still,tongue-tiechoke off,clam up,close up,cool it,cut short,decrease the volume,dry up,dumb,dummy up,hold one's tongue,hush-hush,hush one's mouth,keep it down,pipe down,quiet down,say nothing,shut up,sit on,strike dumb
反义词 allow,encourage,help,let go,permit,release,startbe noisy,communicate,talk
calmnoun quietness, composure
calmness,dispassion,doldrums,hush,impassivity,imperturbation,lull,patience,peace,peace of mind,peacefulness,placidity,quiet,repose,rest,restraint,serenity,stillness,stoicism,tranquility
clandestinenessnoun secrecy
clandestinity,concealment,confidentiality,covertness,private,secretiveness,secretness,silence,stealth,surreptitiousness
clandestinitynoun secrecy
clandestineness,concealment,confidentiality,covertness,private,secretiveness,secretness,silence,stealth
confuteverb disprove, refute
blow sky-high,break,bring to naught,confound,contradict,controvert,defeat,demolish,dismay,disprove,expose,invalidate,knock the props outfrom under,negate,oppugn,overcome,overthrow,overturn,overwhelm,parry,prove false,prove wrong,put down,rebut,set aside,shut up,silence,subvert,tap,upset,vanquish
deathnoun end of life
afterlife,cessation,curtains,decease,demise,dissolution,dying,end,eternal rest,eternal sleep,euthanasia,expiration,extermination,extinction,final rest,final sleep,finis,finish,grave,grim reaper,heaven,loss of life,mort,mortality,necrosis,oblivion,paradise,passing,passing over,quietus,release,repose,silence,termination,tomb
deathsnoun end of life
afterlifes,annihilation,bereavements,casualties,cessations,curtains,darkness,decease,demises,departures,destructions,dissolutions,downfalls,dyings,endings,ends,eradication,eternal rests,euthanasia,exits,expirations,exterminations,extinctions,fatalities,finis,finishes,graves,grim reapers,heavens,losses,mortalities,necroses,obliterations,oblivion,paradises,partings,passing,passing overs,quieti,releases,repose,ruination,ruins,silences,sleep,terminations,tombs As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence.
我们必须消灭每一句无聊的话，同样也必须打破每一次无聊的沉默。 yeeyan
The officials maintained a wall of silence around the talks.
官员们对于会谈情况保持缄默。《新英汉大辞典》
What kind of movie is“The Silence of the Lambs” like?
《沉默的羔羊》那部电影是属于哪一类的？ www.chinadaily.com.cn
And I hear the sound of silence every night.
而我每天夜里都听见寂静的声音。 blog.sina.com.cn
As it is, I enjoy with something of sadness remembering that this melodious silence is but the prelude of that deeper stillness which waits to enfold us all.
实际上，我带着几分悲伤喜欢回忆起这种悦耳的沉默只是比较深层的寂静的前奏，它等待着要把我们所有的人笼罩起来。 ebigear
But my silence is not the answer.
但我的沉默是没有答案的。 yeeyan
For days the president refused even to meet any of his ministers and broke his silence only after his priest intervened.
好几天总统甚至拒绝和任何他的部长见面。只有到后来他的牧师调解后，他才打破沉默。 ecocn
He interpreted the silence as contempt.
他把这沉默看做轻蔑的表示。《21世纪大英汉词典》
He misinterpreted her silence as giving consent.
他把她的沉默误认为是同意。《21世纪大英汉词典》
I am not the first to notice this gravitational pull amid the angst of divine silence.
我并不是第一个注意到，存在于对神圣的缄默所焦虑之中的这个拉力。 yeeyan
I started to be more present. I meditate more and I stay in silence more.
我开始更加注重现在。每天都会让自己有更多的冥想和沉默。 yeeyan
I translate his silence as a protest.
我把他的沉默解释为抗议。《21世纪大英汉词典》
Let your smiling lips say on oath how my voice lost itself in silence like a drunken bee in the lotus.
让你微笑的唇儿发一个誓，说我的歌声怎样地消失在沉默里，像一只在荷花里沉醉的蜜蜂。 examw
Or will you close up like a shell and torture your partner with inconsolable silence?
或者你会像个贝壳那样关闭自己用极度沮丧的沉默折磨你的情人？ tingvoa
She interprets his silence as arrogance.
她把他的沉默解释为傲慢。 hjenglish
Then you may feel a relief inside, a point of silence which is beyond your thoughts and emotions.
然后你可能会感到内心的解脱，达到一个超越你的思想和情绪的寂静点。 blog.sina.com.cn
Then silence, except for the normal sounds of the forest.
然后是寂静，除了正常的森林声音。 yeeyan
There they find the creature mutilated, but they also encounter there the only values they like and admire, man and his silence.
那里他们发现造物被分解而不完全，但是他们也遇到了他们唯一喜欢仰慕的价值，即人与他的沉默。 yeeyan
They had come to the Waste not for the silence, but because only jails and nooses awaited them in the forests and towns of the east.
他们来到荒野，不是寻找寂静，而是因为在东方的森林和城镇，有枷锁和绞架等候着他们。51youcai
This silence, this rejection of dialogue, of all forms of clinching, is our“ terror”, ominous and threatening as it should be.
这种沉默，这种对话的拒绝，这种对一切扭抱形式的拒绝，乃是我们的“恐怖”，纵然它应当是不祥的，是危险的。 yeeyan
Through the deep silence of this illimitable whiteness we few human creatures walked along with our shadows, without a word.
穿过这无限纯白中的深深的寂静，我们几个活物，和自己的影子一起往前走着，一语不发。 yeeyan
We stood there for a moment in silence, knowing none of us would ever be the same.
我们在那里伫立良久，沉默不语，心里都清楚大家都不会像以前一样了。 yeeyan
You have no passions, no desires, just your damned silence!
你没有激情，没有欲望，只有你那该死的寂静！ yeeyan |