clam up
v.
拒不开口；三缄其口；
英英释义
clam up
v.refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent
同义词：close updummy upshut upbelt upbutton upbe quietkeep mum
双语例句
He always clam up when we ask him about his family.
我们一问到他的家庭时，他总是闭口不言。
权威例句
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1. Every time they were used, the detainee would clam up as they were scared that anything they said would make that pressure increase.
每次使用它们时，受审者都保持沉默，好像他们害怕一旦说了什么，就会增加压力。
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2. The rest of the clam followed by moving quickly up and down and rapidly opening and closing its shell.
蛤蚌留在沙子外面的身体部分接着开始上下移动，并且迅速的开合它的贝壳。
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3. A drive around Massachusetts' Cape Cod serves up miles of beaches, restful resort towns-and, yes, lobster and clam shacks.
沿着马萨诸塞的科德角转上一圈，到处都是绵延的海滩，宁静的度假村——当然，也少不了捕龙虾和蛤蜊的小屋。
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4. It's often human nature for people to clam up when they're having trouble doing their job, and certainly most developers don't want to look bad in the eyes of their manager.
当人们在工作中遇到问题时，他们通常绝口不提，这通常是人的本性。当然多数的开发人员不想让开发经理觉得他不能够完成分配的任务。
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5. Scientists set up a glass box with water and beads and stuck a living razor clam inside.
科学家们设计了一个玻璃盒子，盒子里面装有水和沙粒，然后把一只活的剃刀蛤蚌放在里面。
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6. But if users realise how their data are used, they may clam up.
但是，一旦用户意识到他们的数据是怎样被使用的，他们可能就会缄口不言了。
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7. You can't clam up.
你不能沉默。
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8. On the evening streets, our louche, loud city had closed up like a clam.
在夜晚的街道上，我们平日声名狼藉，喧嚣不已的城市变得沉默不语，寂静一片。
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9. Men also may clam up to protect their wives or significant others, worrying that their buddies might be insensitive, gossip or think less of their partners.
男人们保持缄默的原因还可能是为了保护他们的妻子或者其他心爱的人。他们会担心自己的好朋友们不够敏感、说三道四或者因此会瞧不起他们的伴侣。
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10. You can't clam up. And you don't want to stutter and stammer.
你不想一声不吭，也不想结结巴巴。
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11. You can't clam up. And you don't want to stutter and stammer. So what's a job seeker to do?
你不能沉默。而你又不想结结巴巴地说。那么，作为一个求职者这个时候应该怎么做呢？
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12. The secret for successful marriage is to clam up during a disagreement.
成功婚姻的秘诀，就是当双方意见不合时，闭上嘴巴。
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13. Whenever John walked by, Mary got so nervous she would just clam up.
每当约翰走过时，玛丽总是紧张得说不出话来。
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14. Will you clam up! The boss is talking.
请你保持安静！老板在说话。
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15. You're not gonna clam up until I explain this, are you?
我不解释，你是不是就不打算闭嘴拉？
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16. He always clam up when we ask him about his family.
我们一问到他的家庭时，他总是闭口不言。
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17. You can't clam up. And you don't want to stutter and stammer. So what's a job seeker to do.
你不能沉默。而你又不想结结巴巴地说。那么，作为一个求职者这个时候应该怎么做呢？
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18. Groups can kill our creativity, inspire us to work harder, allow us to slack off, skew our decision-making and make us clam up.
群体会扼杀我们的创造性，会激励我们勤奋的工作，会容许你磨洋工，也会歪曲我们的决策然后让我们闭嘴。
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19. You can't clam up. And you don't want to and. So what's a job seeker to do?
你无法沉默。而你又不想结结巴巴地说。那么，作为一个求职者这个时候应该怎么做呢？
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20. The front part of the phone opens up like a clam.
手机的前部打开了像蛤蜊。
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21. That's like my mother. She could clam up for days when she is angry with my father.
你妈妈跟你爸爸生气的时候几天不说话啊。那，你爸爸怎么办呢？
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22. It started off well, but he seemed to clam up towards the end.
刚开始很，但是最后他似乎有些沉默。
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23. Everybody shuts up like a clam as soon as you mention it.
你一提及此事，大家便都闭口不言。
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24. It 'started off well, but he seemed to clam up towards the end.
刚开始很，但是最后他似乎有些沉默。
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25. The worst thing you can do is to clam up when you don't know an answer, because you won't be able to think clearly and may throw out a bad answer in panic.
不知道答案时最糟糕的就是默不作声，因为你无法有清晰的思路，可能会在恐惧中答得很不好。
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26. Don't clam up just when the story is getting interesting.
别到故事正有趣时就不讲了。
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27. If Tony Blair, as newly installed "Mr Europe", were to turn up for lunch at the White House tomorrow, would Obama join him for clam chowder?
如果新近加冕的“欧洲先生”托尼·布莱尔出现在明天的白宫午宴上，奥巴马会过来与他一起享用蛤蜊浓汤吗？
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28. The deep to feet up, clam basket.
极深者至四五百尺，拾蚌篮中。
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29. The deep to feet up, clam basket.
极深者至四五百尺，拾蚌篮中。
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