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n. 沉默；寂静；缄默；不谈；无声状态
vt. 使沉默；使安静；压制；消除噪音
int. 安静！；别作声！
n.
沉默，无言，无表示，无声，沉静，肃静，寂静，缄默；无音信，失去联系，忘却，湮没，无表示，无音讯；[乐]停止；
vt.
使安静；使沉默；压制；
变形
过去式：silenced过去分词：silenced现在分词：silencing第三人称单数：silences
双语释义
n.(名词)[U] 寂静,无声 absence of sound; complete quiet
[U] 沉默 the state of not speaking or making a noise
[U] 无音信,失去联系 failure to write a letter, to telephone, etc.
[C] 寂静时刻,期间 a moment or period of any of these conditions
v.(动词)vt. 使安静; 使沉默 cause to be quiet; make silent
英英释义
silence[ 'sailəns ]
n.
the state of being silent (as when no one is speaking)
"there was a shocked silence"; "he gestured for silence"
the absence of sound
"he needed silence in order to sleep"
同义词：quiet
a refusal to speak when expected
"his silence about my contribution was surprising"
同义词：muteness
the trait of keeping things secret
同义词：secrecysecretiveness
v.
cause to be quiet or not talk
"Please silence the children in the church!"
同义词：hushquietenstillshut uphush up
keep from expression, for example by threats or pressure
"All dissenters were silenced when the dictator assumed power"
词汇搭配
用作名词 (n.)
动词+～
break a silence打破沉默
buy sb's silence用贿赂封某人的口
interrupt a silence打破沉默
keep silence保持沉默
maintain silence保持沉默
observe a silence保持静默
observe three minutes' silence默哀三分钟
pass into silence湮没在无声无息中
purchase sb's silence用贿赂堵住某人的口
put sb to silence驳得某人哑口无言
retreat into one's silence沉默不语
treasure silence珍视沉默
understand a silence理解沉静的意思〔态度〕
形容词+～
absolute silence绝对的沉默
angry silence愤怒的沉默
awful silence可怕的寂静
awkward silence尴尬的沉默
brief silence短暂的沉默
complete silence完全沉静
dead silence死一般的寂静
deep silence寂静
long silence长时间的沉默
perfect silence完全的沉默
short silence短暂的沉默
strict silence严格的沉默
total silence完全沉默
名词+～
radio silence无线电寂静
介词+～
in silence沉默地,无声地
listen to sb in silence默默地听某人讲
pass a matter with silence对某事置之不理
～+介词
silence between…之间默默无言
silence of midnight子夜的寂静
silence on recent events对近来发生的事保持沉默
用作动词 (v.)
～+名词
silence crowd使人群安静下来
silence the children使孩子们安静下来
～+副词
silence awkwardly尴尬地沉默
silence completely完全沉默
silence discreetly慎重地沉默
silence effectually有效地沉默
silence grimly阴森地沉默
silence horribly可怕地沉默
silence incessantly持续不断地沉默
silence momentarily顷刻地沉默
silence mysteriously秘密地沉默
silence painfully痛苦地沉默
silence sarcastically嘲笑地沉默
silence sincerely严肃地沉默
silence sternly严肃地沉默
silence terribly可怕地沉默
silence unbearably难以忍受地沉默
词组短语
in silence沉默地
keep silence保持沉默，保持安静
silence is gold沉默是金
silence is golden沈默是金
break the silence打破沉默；打破宁静
dead silence静默无声；死一般的沉寂
conspiracy of silence保持缄默的密约
radio silence无线电寂静
双语例句
用作名词(n.)
We interpreted his silence as a refusal.
我们认为他的沉默是拒绝的表示。
His forceful arguments reduced his opponents to silence.
他那有力的论点驳得对手哑口无言。
There was nothing but silence in the room.
这间屋内声息全无，一片寂静。
A terrible silence descended upon the whole hall.
一阵可怕的寂静突然笼罩着整个厅堂。
用作及物动词(vt.)
The teacher tried to silence the pupils.
老师设法让学生们安静下来。
The speaker tried to silence the angry crowd .
讲话者试图使愤怒的人群安静下来。
The enemy's guns were silenced by repeated bombings.
敌人的炮火因遭到轮番轰炸而沉寂了。
权威例句
Noise amidst the silence: off-target effects of siRNAs?Hearing silence: non-neutral evolution at synonymous sites in mammals.
DNMT1 and DNMT3b cooperate to silence genes in human cancer cells
Illuminating the silence: understanding the structure and function of small RNAs
Killing the messenger: short RNAs that silence gene expression
Challenges:communication through silence in wireless sensor networks
ATM-dependent chromatin changes silence transcription in cis to DNA double-strand breaks.
DNA hypomethylation can activate Xist expression and silence X-linked genes.
A pattern recognition approach to voiced-unvoiced-silence classification with applications to speech recognition
Dnmt3a binds deacetylases and is recruited by a sequence-specific repressor to silence transcription
silence (n.)
c. 1200, "muteness, state of being silent," from Old French silence "state of being silent; absence of sound," from Latin silentium "a being silent," from silens, present participle of silere "be quiet or still," of unknown origin. Meaning "absence of sound" in English is from late 14c.
silence (v.)
1560s, intransitive, "become still or silent;" 1590s, transitive, "make silent," from silence (n.). Related: Silenced; silencing.
1. I translate his silence as a protest.
我把他的沉默解释为抗议。
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2. He interpreted the silence as contempt.
他把这沉默看做轻蔑的表示。
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3. He misinterpreted her silence as giving consent.
他把她的沉默误认为是同意。
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4. The officials maintained a wall of silence around the talks.
官员们对于会谈情况保持缄默。
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5. All we say now can be taken from us – everything except our silence.
现在我们说，一切都可以从我们身上被夺走——除了沉默。
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6. As it is, I enjoy with something of sadness remembering that this melodious silence is but the prelude of that deeper stillness which waits to enfold us all.
实际上，我带着几分悲伤喜欢回忆起这种悦耳的沉默只是比较深层的寂静的前奏，它等待着要把我们所有的人笼罩起来。
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7. And I hear the sound of silence every night.
而我每天夜里都听见寂静的声音。
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8. She interprets his silence as arrogance.
她把他的沉默解释为傲慢。
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9. I am the color of silence.
想想我吧。我是沉默的颜色。
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10. But my silence is not the answer.
但我的沉默是没有答案的。
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11. The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.
死人不能赞美耶和华。下到寂静中的也都不能。
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12. We stood there for a moment in silence, knowing none of us would ever be the same.
我们在那里伫立良久，沉默不语，心里都清楚大家都不会像以前一样了。
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13. Then silence, except for the normal sounds of the forest.
然后是寂静，除了正常的森林声音。
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14. Then there would be an awkward silence as the person tries to think of what to talk about next.
然后就会出现一段尴尬的沉默因为那人在思考下一步该谈什么。
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15. As for me, the silence and the emptiness is so great that I look and do not see, listen and do not hear.
可是对于我，那沉默和空虚如此之沉重，以至于我有眼却看不见，有耳却听不见。
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16. You have no passions, no desires, just your damned silence!
你没有激情，没有欲望，只有你那该死的寂静！
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17. Again, the girl says "No" and there is silence once again.
他问 "你有兄弟吗？"女孩说“没有”，然后又是沉默。
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18. Then, in perfect silence, he so embraced each of his officers as they filed by, and then they parted.
然后，在完全的沉默中，他逐一拥抱了离开的每一位军官，随后，他们便各奔前程。
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19. I started to be more present. I meditate more and I stay in silence more.
我开始更加注重现在。每天都会让自己有更多的冥想和沉默。
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20. Then you may feel a relief inside, a point of silence which is beyond your thoughts and emotions.
然后你可能会感到内心的解脱，达到一个超越你的思想和情绪的寂静点 。
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21. There they find the creature mutilated, but they also encounter there the only values they like and admire, man and his silence.
那里他们发现造物被分解而不完全，但是他们也遇到了他们唯一喜欢仰慕的价值，即人与他的沉默。
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22. What kind of movie is "The Silence of the Lambs" like?
《沉默的羔羊》那部电影是属于哪一类的？
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23. This silence, this rejection of dialogue, of all forms of clinching, is our "terror", ominous and threatening as it should be.
这种沉默，这种对话的拒绝，这种对一切扭抱形式的拒绝，乃是我们的“恐怖”，纵然它应当是不祥的，是危险的。
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24. You can hurt with your words but sometimes you can hurt more with your silence.
生活中，你说的话可能会伤到别人，但有时候，你的沉默会让人伤得更深。
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25. You can hurt with your words but sometimes you can hurt more with your silence.
生活中，你说的话可能会伤到别人，但有时候，你的沉默会让人伤得更深。
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26. Silence can ensure that the user knows this without actually being told of the failure.
沉默可以确保用户知道，而又没有实际告诉他失败。
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27. When we close the door, we know that it is latched when we hear the click, but silence tells us that it is not yet secure.
在我们关门时听到滴答声，我们就知道锁上了，而没有声音则表示还不保险。
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28. Silence gives consent.
沉默即承认，没有表示就是承认。
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29. Silence, or visual inactivity, is a good way to indicate this termination.
没有声音或视觉上没有变化，是表示这种结果的好方式。
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30. When the user finally releases the mouse button, he is rewarded with a soft, cheerful “plonk” from the speakers for a success or with silence if the drop was not meaningful.
当用户最后释放鼠标时，如果成功，他会从扬声器里听到一个柔和高兴的“扑通”声作为奖赏；如果放在了无效区域，就不会有声音。
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31. The auditory indicator we propose as feedback for a problem is silence. The problem with much current audible feedback is the still prevalent idea that, rather than positive audible feedback, negative feedback is desirable.
我们建议作为问题反馈的听觉指示器是没有声音，当前听觉反馈存在的问题是源于广泛流行的观念。 即和正面听觉反馈相比，负面反馈才是合情合理的。
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32. If we ever detect silence, we know that we have failed to press the key.
如果没有听到声音，我们知道没有敲到键。
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33. A tongue-tied silence was suddenly broken.
突然,沉默无言的局面被打破了。
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34. Perhaps the most damning aspect of negative audible feedback is the implication that success must be greeted with silence.
也许负面听觉反馈最受谴责的方面在于其暗含成功只需沉默，人类喜欢听到一切正常的声音。
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35. When we turn the key in the ignition and get silence, we know we’ve got a problem.
当转动点火装置的钥匙没有听到声音时，我们知道有麻烦了。
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