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n.沉默²;寂静²⁸vt.使安静⁴;使沉默原型silence的过去式和过去分词过去分词silenced现在分词silencing三单silences
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。直接源自古法语的silence，意为安静的；最初源自拉丁语的silentium，意为安静的。
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 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。
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。adj.quieted
同义词 calmed,censored,gagged,muted,repressed,restrained,restricted,stilled,subdued,suppressedheld down,held-back
muffledadjective quietened
deadened,dim,dull,faint,flat,indistinct,mute,muted,obscure,stifledstrangledsubdued,suppressed
muteadjective unable to speak
aphasiac,aphasic,aphonic,muffled,mum,quiet,silenced,silent,speechless,tongue-tied,tongueless,unexpressed,unpronounced,unsounded,unspeaking,unspoken,voiceless,wordless
unsaidadjective not expressed or partially expressed
implicit,implied,inferred,left to the imagination,silenced,tacit,undeclared,understood,unexpressed,unspoken,unstated,unuttered,unvoiced,wordless The blackout silenced Mr Berlusconi as well.
把媒体黑掉踢掉这件事，也使得贝卢斯科尼沉默了。 ecocn
The Iraqi people, he insists, will persist and overcome these attacks, and raise its their voice to showand proclaim that it they will not be silenced by terrorism.
他坚称，伊拉克人民将坚持战斗，必将战胜这些袭击，并将奋起呐喊，展示并宣告他们不会因为受到恐怖主义的威胁而保持沉默。 ebigear
As in the embryo experiments, he then silenced the cancer-cell genes that produced reverse transcriptase, and likewise found the tumours grew more slowly.
在胚胎实验过程中，他使产生逆转录酶的癌细胞基因沉默，同样发现肿瘤细胞增长受限。 ecocn
But even he is momentarily silenced before the scale of the display.
但是，看到面前展览的浩大规模后，他也禁不住地沉默了片刻。 ecocn
Democracy cannot thrive if they are silenced.
如果他们沉默的话民主就不能繁荣。 ecocn
Dozens of former employees and consultants are particularly upset at how State Grid boss, Liu Zhenya, has silenced internal debate to push through an ultra-high voltage transmission network.
许多前雇员和顾问对于国家电网总裁，刘政亚在推进超高压电路传输系统的内部讨论会上的沉默十分的忧虑。 yeeyan
First and foremost, we believe that journalists have a responsibility to shine light in dark places, to give voice to those who are too often silenced and ignored.
第一个也是最重要的动机就是：我们认为记者有责任为黑暗的地区带去光明，为那些常常被压制和忽略的人说话。 yeeyan
Grand piano and chosen interior materials such as glass, crystal, silk, linen and wood, portraits of musicians and silenced sounds of music characterizes the hotel.
三角钢琴和诸如玻璃、水晶、丝绸、亚麻布和木之类选用上的室内材料，还有音乐家画像和音乐的沉默之声装点着这座酒店。 yeeyan
He said he would remain a Catholic bishop and would not be silenced.
他讲道，他仍然还会担任天主主教一职，他是不会就此沉默下去的。 ecocn
His book, Cultural Capital, simply silenced not the public, because nothing ever silences the public, but simply silenced the debate about the culture wars in the academy.
他写的书，《文化资本》不是使大众沉默了，因为没有什么曾使群众沉默过，而是压制了学院中,关于文化战争的争论。163
How do different genes get turned on “ expressed” or off“ silenced” in just the right combinations to produce heart cells, bone cells and brain cells?
不同的基因是如何以适当的组合方式来开始表达或停止沉默自己的工作，从而制造心脏、骨骼以及脑部细胞呢？ hjenglish
In some parts of the country, threats from cartels have silenced traditional media.
在该国某些地区，来自卡特尔集团的威胁已经使传统媒体默不作声。 yeeyan
Indians show no obvious hankering to be censored, silenced or deprived of the vote.
印度人可不想被审查、被沉默、被剥夺选举权。 ecocn
It wasn't long ago when gay people themselves were completely silenced.
不久前，同性恋者完全沉默了。 yeeyan
It is good to be silenced by beauty.
在美的事物前寂静是很棒的。 ecocn
Job was silenced; humbled.
约伯沉默了，变得谦恭。 yeeyan
Nevertheless, critics, far from being silenced by these reforms, have become even more vocal in demanding a still greater focus on this country.
然而批评家远未因这些改革而沉默，他们反而变本加厉呼吁对于本国历史的进一步关注。 ecocn
The Guardian calls people silenced in this manner“ Right to Information martyrs.”
英国卫报称人们对“信息烈士”这种方式表示沉默。 yeeyan
The climate scientists at the centre of a media storm were today cleared of accusations that they fudged their results and silenced critics to bolster the case for man-made global warming.
由于被指控篡改研究结果以及沉默应对批评以支持人为造成的“全球变暖”，气候科学家们身处舆论风暴中心，今天，他们终于得还清白。 yeeyan
These are the ones who wanted her silenced. She really was the only Chechen activist to tackle these outrageous cases.
真的有一些人非常想要她闭嘴，她确实就是跟踪那些残暴案件的唯一车臣活动家。 yeeyan
They cannot be silenced to death, but debated to death.
对其压制不会铲除它们，对其讨论却能消灭它们。 yeeyan
They moved down the alley silenced rifles pressed against their shoulders.
他们沿着这条路前进，消声步枪顶在肩膀上。 yeeyan
This leaves men at a disadvantage since they only have one X chromosome. Women have two, so that even when immunity genes are silenced on one the other can compensate.
这使只有一条 X染色体的男性处于不利地位，而女性拥有两条，所以即使一条上的免疫基因不能发挥作用，另一条上的也能起到弥补作用。 cri
What they also found in the offspring was that this Hnf4a gene appeared to be “ silenced” or“ switched off” as the rats aged.
他们还发现，随着幼鼠长大， Hnf4a基因变得“沉默”，或者“关掉”了。 yeeyan
With the traditional media silenced, Mexicans have gone online in search of news.
由于传统媒体的缄默，墨西哥人便到网上搜索新闻。 ecocn |