silences

英 [ˈsaɪlənsɪz]

美 [ˈsaɪlənsɪz]

v.  使安静; 使不说话; 压制，使不再发表(反对意见)
silence的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 沉默;缄默;不作声
  If there issilence, nobody is speaking.
  1. They stood in silence...
     他们默不作声地站着。
  2. 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。
  3. Then he bellowed 'Silence!'
     然后他怒吼一声：“安静!”
• N-UNCOUNT 寂静;无声
  The silence ofa place is the extreme quietness there.
  1. ...the silence of that rainless, all-concealing fog...
     滴雨未下、隐藏一切的大雾静默无声
  2. She breathed deeply, savouring the silence.
     她深深地吸了口气，细细品味着这宁静。
• N-UNCOUNT 缄默;绝口不提;闭口不谈
  Someone'ssilenceabout something is their failure or refusal to speak to other people about it.
  1. 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。
• VERB 使安静;使无声;使不说话
  Tosilencesomeone or something means to stop them speaking or making a noise.
  1. A ringing phone silenced her...
     响起的电话铃声让她安静了下来。
  2. The shock silenced him completely.
     他惊得哑口无言。
• VERB 制止，使不再发表(反对意见)
  If someonesilencesyou, they stop you expressing opinions that they do not agree with.
  1. 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。
  2. ...an unsuccessful attempt by the government to silence the debate.
     政府试图压制争论但未果
• VERB 杀…灭口
  Tosilencesomeone means to kill them in order to stop them revealing something secret.
  1. 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。

双语例句

• But, unless deemed "safe," foreigners are still confronted with awkward silences and robotic smiles.
  但是，除非被视为“无害的”，外国人仍将面对尴尬的沉默和生硬的笑容。
• Her voice yields to our silences like a faint light that quivers in fear of the shadow.
  她的声音波动在我们的沉默中，犹如一道微弱的光在对阴影的恐惧中颤抖。
• His boisterous humour gave place to lowering silences.
  他那兴高采烈的脾性为渐渐低落的沉默所取代。
• Long silences make her uncomfortable.
  长时间的沉默让她很不舒服。
• She can from in this man's eye, in the hand, even silences inside, feels him the love which bears patiently to her.
  她能从这个男人的眼里，手里，甚至沉默里，感受到他对她隐忍的爱。
• The long silences between words.
  说话间的长时间沉默。
• Carreen liked him because of his placid and unembarrassed silences.
  卡琳喜欢他那种平静而自在的默默无言的神态。
• We know from research that when women are in the minority at company meetings, there are silences.
  从研究中我们得知，当女性在公司会议上占少数时，她们会变得沉默。
• We are left to listen to the silences and observe the spaces.
  电影留了沉默给我们倾听，留了空间给我们观察。
• Plus, these few introductory words will buy time to craft your answer and avoid any awkward silences.
  另外，介绍性的话语能够为你组织回答赢得时间，避免令人尴尬的沉默。