quell

• vt. 平息；镇压；减轻；消除
• n. (Quell)人名；(捷)奎尔；(西)克利

来自古英语cwellan,杀死，谋杀，执行死刑，来自PIE*gwele,扔，投掷，词源同ballistic,kill. 词义由扔，投掷引申为刺，杀。后引申词义制止，阻止。

1. suppress or crush completely;

"squelch any sign of dissent"

"quench a rebellion"

2. overcome or allay;

"quell my hunger"

quell

quell: [OE] Quell and kill are probably closely related – indeed, in Old and Middle English quell was used for ‘kill’ (‘birds and small beasts with his bow he quells’, William of Palerne 1350). Quell goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *kwaljan (source also of German quälen ‘torture’), which may have had a variant *kuljan, that could have produced English kill. The milder modern sense of quell developed in the 14th century.

quell (v.)

Old English cwellan "to kill, murder, execute," from Proto-Germanic *kwaljanan (cognates: Old English cwelan "to die," cwalu "violent death;" Old Saxon quellian "to torture, kill;" Old Norse kvelja "to torment;" Middle Dutch quelen "to vex, tease, torment;" Old High German quellan "to suffer pain," German quälen "to torment, torture"), from PIE root *gwele- (1) "to throw, reach," with extended sense of "to pierce" (cognates: Armenian kelem "I torture;" Old Church Slavonic zali "pain;" Lithuanian galas "end," gela "agony," gelti "to sting;" see ballistics). Milder sense of "suppress, extinguish" developed by c. 1300. Related: Quelled; quelling.

Extra police were called in to quell the disturbances.

已调集了增援警力来平定骚乱。

牛津词典

(figurative)She started to giggle, but Bob quelled her with a look.

她格格地笑了起来，但鲍勃用眼色制止了她。

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to quell your fears

消除恐惧

牛津词典

Troops eventually quelled the unrest.

军队最终平息了动乱。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The Information Minister is trying to quell fears of a looming oil crisis.

新闻部长正努力消除民众对一触即发的石油危机的恐惧。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Some moms I know also swear by their ability to quell morning sickness.

我知道一些妈妈他们喜欢吃鸡蛋,并相信它能抵抗早晨的一些不舒服症状.

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The police had been called in to quell a minor disturbance.

警察奉命出动以平息一场小规模的骚乱.

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It does nothing to quell buyer's remorse, but that's a subject for a different column.

当然这并不能彻底消除儿子买过就后悔的可能, 不过这是另外一个话题了.

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Top watermelons relieve heat and quell thirst.

优质西瓜,消暑解渴.

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He couldn't quell his fears.

他无法消除他的恐惧.

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Even ginger ale, ginger beer or ginger biscuits can quell queasy feelings.

甚至生姜麦芽酒 、 生姜啤酒或生姜饼干都能减轻呕吐不适的感觉.

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Difficulties and setbacks never quell their curiosity.

困难和挫折从来就压不住他们的好奇心.

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Enjoying simple but inexpensive pleasures like nature walks and museums can quell the urge to splurge.

享受简单的廉价的快乐如简单的散步和参观博物馆就是治愈你坏毛病的良方.

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Mr Wen hopes to quell trade tensions.

温希望缓解经济压力.

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However, Sri Lanka Ghosn think so far, Obama quell public anger at up to do successfully.

不过斯戈恩认为到目前为止, 奥巴马在平息民众怒火上做得很成功.

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Do you think this will quell KANG's anger and stop the killing?

你认为这能镇压姜的愤怒使他不再杀戮 吗 ?

电影对白

Third, we should quell the rebellion completely.

第三, 平息暴乱抓到底.

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What passions cannot music raise or quell?

还有什么比音乐更能让人心动的 呢 ?

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Soldiers were sent in to quell the riots.

士兵们被派去平息骚乱.

《简明英汉词典》

No one knows how to quell the uncertaintyAnd no one is even about the poor.

没有人知道如何平息这样的情绪.甚至也没有人谈论穷人的事.

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Aspirin will quell your headache.

阿斯匹林将止住你的头疼.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

The soldiers were ordered out to quell the riot.

士兵们奉命前去平息暴乱.

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He can not quell his fear.

他无法压抑他的恐惧.

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Troops were called in to quell the violence.

部队被调来平息暴力事件.

《简明英汉词典》

He also built the fantastic Park Quell.

他还建造了神奇的奎尔公园.

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She tried to quell the commotion in her heart.

她尽力平复心中的骚动.

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How much higher inflationary expectations — and to quell them, interest rates — will go is the question.

通胀预期及要扑灭他们的利率将有多高还是一个疑问.

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The armed force had to be called out to quell violence.

不得不出动军队来镇压暴力行动.

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Hitler had failed to quell or conquer Britain.

希特勒未能打败或征服不列颠.

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