silence是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 a period without any sound; complete quiet -- 宁静；寂静

  • A loud crash of thunder broke the silence of the night. 一声炸雷打破了夜晚的宁静。

  • Silence reigned (= there was complete silence) in the church. 教堂里一片寂静。

• 1 a state of not speaking or writing or making a noise -- 无声；沉默；缄默

  • The soldiers listened in silence as their captain gave the orders. 指挥官下达命令时，士兵们静静地听着。

  • "Silence! (= Stop talking!)" shouted the teacher. “安静！”老师喊道。

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

  • Their mother's angry words reduced the children to silence. 母亲生气的训斥让孩子们都默不作声了。

  • Their conversation was punctuated by uncomfortable silences. 他们的会谈中不时出现令人难堪的沉默。

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

  • Her silence about/on what had happened to her surprised everyone. 她对自己的遭遇保持沉默，这令每个人都感到吃惊。

  • 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). 3年杳无音讯后，我如今不再指望能有她的消息。

• 2 to make someone or something be quiet -- 使安静；使沉默

  • The teacher raised his voice to silence the class (= to make them stop talking). 老师提高嗓门让学生们安静下来。

  • Her remark about his appearance completely silenced him (= made him unable to answer). 她对他外貌的评价使他哑口无言。

  • figurative The enemy's guns were silenced (= made to stop firing) in a surprise attack. 突袭让敌人的枪炮停止射击。

  • Big companies file lawsuits to silence their critics. 大公司通过诉讼来压制批评的声音。

  • The more they try to silence us, the more we will speak out. 他们越是想让我们沉默，我们就越会公开表达意见。

  • Al Capone silenced his opponents by killing them. 阿尔‧卡彭杀死了对手，让他们永远地闭嘴。