silence是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 a period without any sound; complete quiet -- 寧靜；寂靜

  • A loud crash of thunder broke the silence of the night. 一聲響雷打破了夜晚的寧靜。

  • Silence reigned (= there was complete silence) in the church. 教堂裡一片寂靜。

• 1 a state of not speaking or writing or making a noise -- 無聲；沈默；緘默

  • The soldiers listened in silence as their captain gave the orders. 指揮官下達命令時，士兵們靜靜地聽著。

  • "Silence! (= Stop talking!)" shouted the teacher. 「安靜！」老師喊道。

  • My request for help was met with silence (= I received no answer). 我的求助沒有得到答覆。

  • Their mother's angry words reduced the children to silence. 母親生氣的訓斥讓孩子們都默不作聲了。

  • Their conversation was punctuated by uncomfortable silences. 他們的會談中不時出現令人難堪的沈默。

  • My request for help was met with silence (= I received no answer). 我的求助沒有得到答覆。

  • Her silence about/on what had happened to her surprised everyone. 她對自己的遭遇保持沈默，這令每個人都感到吃驚。

  • I don't expect to hear from her now, after three years' silence (= three years in which she has not spoken or written to me). 三年杳無音訊後，我如今不再指望能有她的消息。

• 2 to make someone or something be quiet -- 使安靜；使沈默

  • The teacher raised his voice to silence the class (= to make them stop talking). 老師提高嗓門讓學生們安靜下來。

  • Her remark about his appearance completely silenced him (= made him unable to answer). 她對他外貌的評價使他啞口無言。

  • figurative The enemy's guns were silenced (= made to stop firing) in a surprise attack. 突襲讓敵人的槍炮停止射擊。

  • Big companies file lawsuits to silence their critics. 大公司通過訴訟來壓制批評的聲音。

  • The more they try to silence us, the more we will speak out. 他們越是想讓我們沉默，我們就越會公開表達意見。

  • Al Capone silenced his opponents by killing them. 阿爾‧卡彭殺死了對手，讓他們永遠閉嘴。