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

• You are able to talk for hours without any awkward silences.
  你可以说上好几个小时而且还不会出现窘人的沉闷。
• 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。
• 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。
• But the silences have an internal rhythm, and he was thinking of Mozart during the shoot.
  但是在这些无声里有一个内部节奏，而导演在拍摄时一直在思考莫扎特音乐。
• 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。
• Long silences make her uncomfortable.
  长时间的沉默让她很不舒服。
• You may also find that rather than making love all day there are awkward silences or even arguments.
  你还可能发现你们没有成天卿卿我我反倒是彼此笨拙地一言不发或甚至发生口角。
• If the rumor is one kind of injury, please choose silences.
  如果谎言是一种伤害、请选择沉默。
• Cytosine methylation silences transposable elements in plants, vertebrates, and fungi but also regulates gene expression.
  胞嘧啶的甲基化能够沉默植物、脊椎动物和真菌的转座元件，同时也能调控基因的表达。
• 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。