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silences是什么意思？

silences

v. 使安静( silence的第三人称单数 )，使沉默，压制，（用以让人们安静）安静；

例句

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.
He had a reputation for long silences and terse comments. 他一向以沉默寡言闻名.
Note how Telemachus in the Odyssey silences his mother. 只要读一下《奥德赛》,就可以看到特里曼珠是怎样打断他母亲的话并要求她缄默.
He lapsed into long silences or became offensively off-hand... 他要么陷入长时间的沉默，要么变得简慢无礼。
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。
There was some fatal flaw in his makeup, and as time went on he lapsed into long silences or became off-hand. 他的性格有致命的缺陷，随着时间的推移，他陷入了久久的沉默，或者变得漠然。

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N-VAR

沉默;缄默;不作声

If there is silence, nobody is speaking.
例句
They stood in silence... 他们默不作声地站着。 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。
N-UNCOUNT

寂静;无声

The silence of a place is the extreme quietness there.
例句
...the silence of that rainless, all-concealing fog... 滴雨未下、隐藏一切的大雾静默无声 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's silence about something is their failure or refusal to speak to other people about it.
例句
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

To silence someone or something means to stop them speaking or making a noise.
例句
A ringing phone silenced her... 响起的电话铃声让她安静了下来。 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 someone silences you, they stop you expressing opinions that they do not agree with.
例句
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。 ...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

To silence someone means to kill them in order to stop them revealing something secret.
例句
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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