They stood in silence.

他們默不作聲地站着。

He never lets those long silences develop during dinner.

他從不會讓晚餐時出現長時間的沉默。

Then he bellowed 'Silence!'

然後他怒吼一聲：“安靜!”

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

滴雨未下、隐藏一切的大霧靜默無聲

She breathed deeply, savouring the silence.

她深深地吸了口氣，細細品味着這甯靜。

The district court ruled that Popper's silence in court today should be entered as a plea of not guilty.

區法院裁定今天波珀在法庭上的緘默將被視作是進行無罪抗辯。

A ringing phone silenced her. [VERB noun]

響起的電話鈴聲讓她安靜了下來。

The shock silenced him completely. [VERB noun]

他驚得啞口無言。

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

像其他暴君一樣，他力圖壓制任何公開反對他的人。

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

政府試圖壓制爭論但未果

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

爲了掩蓋這件事，已經派出一名職業殺手去殺她滅口。