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quieten

英 ['kwaɪət(ə)n] 美['kwaɪətn]

英英释义实用场景例句

vt. 抚慰；使安静
vi. 变安静

词态变化

第三人称单数: quietens;过去式: quietened;过去分词: quietened;现在分词: quietening;

英英释意

1. become quiet or quieter;: "The audience fell silent when the speaker entered"

2. make calm or still;: "quiet the dragons of worry and fear"

3. cause to be quiet or not talk;: "Please silence the children in the church!"

英文词源

quieten (v.): 1828, "to make quiet;" 1890, "to become quiet," from quiet (adj.) + -en (1).

实用场景例句

The chatter of voices gradually quietened.: 唧唧喳喳的声音渐渐地平静了。

Things seem to have quietened down a bit this afternoon (= we are not so busy, etc.) .: 今天下午，事情似乎平静些了。

She tried to quieten her breathing...: 她努力让呼吸平缓下来。

A man shouted and the dogs suddenly quietened.: 一个男人喊了一声，狗儿们就一下子安静下来了。

Russian intelligence will take a long time to quieten the paranoia of the West.: 俄罗斯情报机构要花很长时间才能消除西方的疑虑。

As the economy rebounds and public outrage subsides, the clam our for change will quieten.: 随着经济反弹和公众的愤怒情绪消退, 要求实行变革的呼声将减弱.

Quieten down a bit – don't shout!: 小声点儿,别嚷嚷了!

Can you quieten the kids down?: 请让孩子们安静些好吗 ?

Complaints from teams may quieten the rowdier African fans and their vuvuzelas ( plastic trumpets ).: 来自球队的抱怨可能让吵闹的非洲球迷和他们的瓦瓦祖拉 ( 一种塑料喇叭 ) 安静.

Her team is trying to find an internationally acceptable gesture to quieten a ringing phone.: 她的项目团队正试图寻找一种世界范围内通行的手势,来使电话响铃声静音.

Mr. Bates knew it was useless trying to quieten them.: 贝茨先生知道试着使他们安静下来是没有用的.

Though it can't last long : once the crowds dispersed they'll quieten down again.: 不过发疯是不能长久的,而且人散开了,火性也就过去了.

Quieten down and get on with your work.: 静下心来继续工作吧.

She tried to quieten herself down.: 她试图使自己镇静下来.

It took a long time for the baby to quieten down.: 孩子过了很长时间才停止吵闹.

Somehow I managed to quieten her down.: 我设法让她平静了下来。

She tried to quieten her breathing.: 她努力让呼吸平缓下来。

Russian intelligence will take a long time to quieten the paranoia of the West.: 俄罗斯情报机构要花很长时间才能消除西方的疑虑。