silence

🇺🇸 /ˈsaɪləns/ 🇬🇧 /ˈsaɪləns/
詞頻
難度
標籤 TOP3000Oxford3000CEFR-B1
noun
B2

The absence of any sound.

The sudden silence made her nervous.

突然的沉默讓她感到緊張。

B2

When no one is talking.

His silence made me think he was upset.

他的沉默讓我以為他不高興。

R

When someone chooses not to talk about something.

She ended her silence and shared her story.

她結束了沉默,分享了她的故事。

R

A lack of communication between people.

After their argument, there was a long silence between them.

他們爭吵之後,他們之間有一段長時間的沉默。

verb
R

To stop someone from speaking or making noise.

The guard silenced the noisy crowd.

警衛讓喧鬧的人群安靜下來。

R

To prevent someone from expressing their views.

The government silenced the critics.

政府讓批評者沉默。

interjection
R

A command to be quiet.

Silence! You're in a library.

安靜!你在圖書館裡。

translation

n. 寂靜, 沉默, 緘默, 隔閡
v. 使安靜, 壓制言論
interj. 安靜命令

詞形變化

3rd Present silences
Past silenced
Perfect silenced
Progressive silencing
Plural silences