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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 1653 COCA: 1820
silence
saɪləns ˈsaɪləns
Word forms: plural , 3rd person singular present tense silences, present participle silencing, past tense , past participle silenced
1 N-VAR [oft in/of N] 沉默;缄默;不作声 If there is silence, nobody is speaking. 沉默;缄默;不作声

  • They stood in silence.

    他们默不作声地站着。

  • 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。

  • Then he bellowed 'Silence!'

    然后他怒吼一声：“安静!”

SYN quiet, peace, calm, hush
2 N-UNCOUNT 寂静;无声 The silence of a place is the extreme quietness there. 寂静;无声

  • ...the silence of that rainless, all-concealing fog.

    滴雨未下、隐藏一切的大雾静默无声

  • She breathed deeply, savouring the silence.

    她深深地吸了口气，细细品味着这宁静。

3 N-UNCOUNT [oft poss NOUN] 缄默;绝口不提;闭口不谈 Someone's silence about something is their failure or refusal to speak to other people about it. 缄默;绝口不提;闭口不谈

  • 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。

If someone breaks their silence about something, they talk about something that they have not talked about before or for a long time.打破沉默;不再三缄其口;开口说话

  • Gary decided to break his silence about his son's suffering in the hope of helping other families.

    加里决定对儿子遭受的痛苦不再保持沉默，以期望能帮助其他家庭。

4 VERB 使安静;使无声;使不说话 To silence someone or something means to stop them speaking or making a noise. 使安静;使无声;使不说话

  • A ringing phone silenced her. [VERB noun]

    响起的电话铃声让她安静了下来。

  • The shock silenced him completely. [VERB noun]

    他惊得哑口无言。

SYN quieten, still, quiet, cut off
5 VERB 制止，使不再发表(反对意见) If someone silences you, they stop you expressing opinions that they do not agree with. 制止，使不再发表(反对意见)

  • Like other tyrants, he tried to silence anyone who spoke out against him. [VERB noun]

    像其他暴君一样，他力图压制任何公开反对他的人。

  • ...an unsuccessful attempt by the government to silence the debate. [VERB noun]

    政府试图压制争论但未果

SYN suppress, gag, muzzle, censor
6 VERB 杀…灭口 To silence someone means to kill them in order to stop them revealing something secret. 杀…灭口

  • A hit man had been sent to silence her over the affair. [VERB noun]

    为了掩盖这件事，已经派出一名职业杀手去杀她灭口。

SYN kill, do in [informal] , eliminate [slang] , take out [slang]
Quotations
Silence is the virtue of fools Francis Bacon Advancement of Learning
Silence is more eloquent than words Thomas Carlyle Heroes and Hero-Worship
Word Partnership
Word PartnershipUse silence with:
ADJ.

awkward silence, complete silence, long silence, sudden silence, total silence 1

VERB.

silence falls, listen in silence, observe a silence, sit in silence, watch something in silence 1

break a/ your silence 2 3

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