1. 安静:quiet 静止的 | quieten 安静 | quietish 有点安静的
2. 使安静:quietandelegant 窕 | quieten 使安静 | quieter 更安静的
3. 平静下来:lessen 减少,减轻;缩小,贬低 vi.变少 | quieten 平静下来 | lighten 照亮,使明亮
1. (使)安静;(使)平静下来
If you quieten someone or something, or if they quieten, you make them become less noisy, less active, or silent.
e.g. She tried to quieten her breathing...
她努力让呼吸平缓下来。
e.g. A man shouted and the dogs suddenly quietened.
一个男人喊了一声,狗儿们就一下子安静下来了。
2. 消除,减轻(恐惧);平息(抱怨)
To quieten fears or complaints means to persuade people that there is no good reason for them.
e.g. Russian intelligence will take a long time to quieten the paranoia of the West.
俄罗斯情报机构要花很长时间才能消除西方的疑虑。
相关词组:quieten down
quieten的翻译
verb
1. cause to be quiet or not talk
e.g. Please silence the children in the church!
Synonym: hushsilencestillshut uphush up
2. make calm or still
e.g. quiet the dragons of worry and fear
Synonym: calmcalm downquiettranquilizetranquillizetranquilliselullstill
3. become quiet or quieter
e.g. The audience fell silent when the speaker entered
Synonym: hushquietquiescequiet downpipe down