silence
英 ['saɪləns]
美['saɪləns]
	    - n. 沉默;寂静;缄默;不谈;无声状态
 - vt. 使沉默;使安静;压制;消除噪音
 - int. 安静!;别作声!
 
实用场景例句
- Their footsteps echoed in the silence.
 - 他们的脚步声在一片寂静中回荡着。
 
牛津词典
- A scream broke the silence of the night.
 - 一声尖叫划破了寂静的夜晚。
 
牛津词典
- I need absolute silence when I'm working.
 - 我工作时需要绝对的安静。
 
牛津词典
- an embarrassed/awkward silence
 - 难堪 / 尴尬的沉默
 
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- a moment's stunned silence
 - 一时惊愕得说不出话来
 
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- I got used to his long silences.
 - 我已习惯了他半天不说话的样子。
 
牛津词典
- They finished their meal in total silence .
 - 他们默不作声地吃完饭。
 
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- She lapsed into silence again.
 - 她又沉默下来。
 
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- There was a deafening silence (= one that is very noticeable) .
 - 四下里静得刺耳。
 
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- a two-minute silence in honour of those who had died
 - 为死去的人默哀两分钟
 
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- She broke her public silence in a TV interview.
 - 她接受了一次电视采访,就此结束了她不在公开场合说话的状态。
 
牛津词典
- The company's silence on the subject has been taken as an admission of guilt.
 - 在外界看来,公司在这个问题上保持沉默便是承认有罪。
 
牛津词典
- the right to silence (= the legal right not to say anything when you are arrested)
 - 沉默权
 
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- There is a conspiracy of silence about what is happening (= everyone has agreed not to discuss it) .
 - 对于发生的事情,大家一致保持缄默。
 
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- The phone call came after months of silence.
 - 几个月没有音信之后,打来了一个电话。
 
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- She silenced him with a glare.
 - 她瞪了他一眼,他就不作声了。
 
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- Our bombs silenced the enemy's guns (= they destroyed them) .
 - 我们的轰炸把敌人的炮火打哑了。
 
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- All protest had been silenced.
 - 一切反对的声音都被压了下去。
 
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- Her recent achievements have silenced her critics.
 - 她近来取得的成果让那些批评她的人无话可说了。
 
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- Silence in court!
 - 在法庭内要保持肃静!
 
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- They stood in silence...
 - 他们默不作声地站着。
 
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He never lets those long silences develop during dinner...
 - 他从不会让晚餐时出现长时间的沉默。
 
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...the silence of that rainless, all-concealing fog...
 - 滴雨未下、隐藏一切的大雾静默无声
 
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- She breathed deeply, savouring the silence.
 - 她深深地吸了口气,细细品味着这宁静。
 
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The district court ruled that Popper's silence in court today should be entered as a plea of not guilty.
 - 区法院裁定今天波珀在法庭上的缄默将被视作是进行无罪抗辩。
 
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- A ringing phone silenced her...
 - 响起的电话铃声让她安静了下来。
 
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The shock silenced him completely.
 - 他惊得哑口无言。
 
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Like other tyrants, he tried to silence anyone who spoke out against him.
 - 像其他暴君一样,他力图压制任何公开反对他的人。
 
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...an unsuccessful attempt by the government to silence the debate.
 - 政府试图压制争论但未果
 
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- A hit man had been sent to silence her over the affair.
 - 为了掩盖这件事,已经派出一名职业杀手去杀她灭口。
 
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