silenced

英 [ˈsaɪlənst]

美 [ˈsaɪlənst]

v.  使安静; 使不说话; 压制，使不再发表(反对意见)
silence的过去分词和过去式

BNC.48004 / COCA.25960

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。

英英释义

adj

• reduced to silence
  1. the silenced crowd waited expectantly

双语例句

• I was silenced, my feeling of contentment vanished and I felt ashamed.
  我默然，满心的高兴都消失了，我觉得惭愧。
• 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。
• We realise the importance of our voice when we are silenced.
  在沉默中我们认识到声音的重要。
• There his weekly broadcasts were aired from the1920s until he was silenced by the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic church.
  自二十世纪二十年代起他每周广播，直到被罗马教廷的等级制度禁止。
• The rhythm of my footsteps crossing flood lands to your door have been silenced forevermore.
  越过洪水淹没的大地，我走向你门口的脚步声永远地停息下来。
• She silenced the speculation by showing off her figure in a swimsuit.
  意思是她身穿泳装展示身材，打消了人们的猜测。
• His forceful arguments silenced his opponent.
  他论辩有力，把对方说得哑口无言。
• All protest had been silenced.
  一切反对的声音都被压了下去。
• The money silenced their criticism but immediately set off fistfights.
  这些钱虽然让他们停止了出口指责，但立刻又引起了争夺打斗。
• You have not converted a man because you have silenced him.
  你还没转变一个人因为你使他沉默了。