silenced

1. N-VAR 沉默;缄默;不作声
   If there is silence, nobody is speaking.
   1. They stood in silence...
      他们默不作声地站着。
   2. 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。
   3. Then he bellowed 'Silence!'
      然后他怒吼一声：“安静!”
2. N-UNCOUNT 寂静;无声
   The silence of a place is the extreme quietness there.
   1. ...the silence of that rainless, all-concealing fog...
      滴雨未下、隐藏一切的大雾静默无声
   2. 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 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.
   1. 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。
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.
   1. A ringing phone silenced her...
      响起的电话铃声让她安静了下来。
   2. The shock silenced him completely.
      他惊得哑口无言。
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.
   1. Like other tyrants, he tried to silence anyone who spoke out against him.
      像其他暴君一样，他力图压制任何公开反对他的人。
   2. ...an unsuccessful attempt by the government to silence the debate.
      政府试图压制争论但未果
6. VERB 杀…灭口
   To silence someone means to kill them in order to stop them revealing something secret.
   1. A hit man had been sent to silence her over the affair.
      为了掩盖这件事，已经派出一名职业杀手去杀她灭口。

1. Cassandra silenced him with a sharp dig in the small of the back.
   卡桑德拉使劲戳了一下他的后腰，让他住嘴。
2. I've always had a loud mouth, I refuse to be silenced
   我一贯大声说出自己的想法，不会迫于压力而一言不发。
3. A ringing phone silenced her
   响起的电话铃声让她安静了下来。
4. The shock silenced him completely.
   他惊得哑口无言。
5. His forceful arguments silenced his opponent.
   他论辩有力，把对方说得哑口无言。
6. The air intake must be silenced to some degree.
   进气口的噪声太大，必须在一定程度上加以消除。
7. He silenced the noisy children with a fierce look.
   他狠狠地瞪了一眼那些闹哄哄的孩子，使他们安静下来。
8. There his weekly broadcasts were aired from the1920s until he was silenced by the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic church.
   自二十世纪二十年代起他每周广播，直到被罗马教廷的等级制度禁止。
9. At our first volley the terrorists'machine gun was silenced.
   一排子弹射去，恐怖分子的机枪喑哑了。
10. Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together.
    法利赛人听见耶稣堵住了撒都该人的口，他们就聚集。
11. In effect, the gene for that protein had been silenced.
    实际上，产生这种蛋白质的基因被压制了。
12. He silenced her by a kiss.
    他吻了她一下，不让她说下去。
13. Suddenly, all this noise and confusion was silenced by a deep voice at the door.
    顿时，这些声音和混乱被门口一个低沉的声音喝住。
14. We realise the importance of our voice when we are silenced.
    在沉默中我们认识到声音的重要。
15. The money silenced their criticism but immediately set off fistfights.
    这些钱虽然让他们停止了出口指责，但立刻又引起了争夺打斗。
16. Would that I were so easily silenced.
    这能很容易地让我保持沉默。
17. You have not converted a man because you have silenced him.
    你还没转变一个人因为你使他沉默了。
18. I was silenced, my feeling of contentment vanished and I felt ashamed.
    我默然，满心的高兴都消失了，我觉得惭愧。
19. I know that I will be silenced for many years;
    我知道我会被封口钳舌许多年；
20. All protest had been silenced.
    一切反对的声音都被压了下去。
21. He silenced all his critics.
    他使所有评论家哑口无言。
22. They identified and silenced a "pro-survival" gene, BECLIN-1, that is important in the PCD response.
    他们确定并沉默了一种叫做BECLIN-1的“pro-survival”基因，这种基因在程序性细胞死亡过程（PCD）中非常重要。
23. The rhythm of my footsteps crossing flood lands to your door have been silenced forevermore.
    越过洪水淹没的大地，我走向你门口的脚步声永远地停息下来。
24. Her remark about his appearance completely, silenced him.
    她对他外貌的评论让他哑口无言。
25. "What is a capitalist?" that silenced one child.
    “什么叫资本家呢？”这个问题可难住了一个孩子。
26. He silenced his friends when they attempted to talk to him about it.
    他的朋友想和他谈谈这件事，他不让他们说下去。
27. This insult silenced him completely.
    他受此侮辱后一言不发了。
28. She silenced the speculation by showing off her figure in a swimsuit.
    意思是她身穿泳装展示身材，打消了人们的猜测。
29. Our bombs silenced the enemy's guns.
    我们的轰炸把敌人的炮火打哑了。

adj

1. reduced to silence
   1. the silenced crowd waited expectantly