silent
美 [ˈsaɪlənt]
英 ['saɪlənt] 
- adj.不说话的;沉默的;很少说话的;不爱说话的
- 网络无声的;寂静;寂静的
词形变化
复数:silents 反义词
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英汉双解
| to remain/stay/keep silent 保持沉默 |
| They huddled together in silent groups. 他们一群群地围在一起,默不作声。 |
| As the curtain rose, the audience fell silent . 幕启时,观众安静下来。 |
| He gave me the silent treatment(= did not speak to me because he was angry) . 他对我不予理睬。 |
2. | [obn] 很少说话的;不爱说话的;少言寡语的not talking very much |
| He's the strong silent type. 他是那种强悍而沉默寡言的人。 |
3. | 无声的;安静的;不喧闹的where there is little or no sound; making little or no sound |
| At last the traffic fell silent . 车辆的喧嚣终于消逝了。 |
| The streets were silent and deserted. 大街小巷寂无一人。 |
4. | [obn] 不用言语表达的;无声的not expressed with words or sound |
| a silent prayer/protest 默祷;无声的抗议 |
| They nodded in silent agreement . 他们默默地点头表示同意。 |
5. | ~ (on/about sth) 不提供情况的;未谈及的;拒绝讲的not giving information about sth; refusing to speak about sth |
| The report is strangely silent on this issue. 很奇怪,报告对这个问题避而不谈。 |
| the right to remain silent(= the legal right not to say anything when you are arrested) 沉默权 |
6. | [obn] 无声的;无声电影的with pictures but no sound |
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| stars of the silent screen 无声电影时代的明星 |
7. | 不发音的written but not pronounced |
| The ‘b’ in ‘lamb’ is silent. lamb 中的 b 不发音。 |
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例句
"Hacking used to be about making noise. Now it's about staying silent, " says Greg Day of McAfee, a vendor of IT security products.
IT安全产品厂家McAfee的GregDay说道:“黑客攻击行为过去关注于闹腾一番,然而现在却偏于保持沉默。”
Gerald was silent for a minute, then he said, "As a matter of fact, I think we shall to abroad. "
杰拉尔德沉默了一会,然后他说,“事实上,我想我们该出国去。”
In public, Opec officials maintain there is no need to increase output and Saudi oil officials have remained silent on the matter.
在公开场合,欧佩克官员仍坚持表示,没必要提高产出,而沙特石油官员在此问题上保持沉默。
The board decided to say nothing, after seeking advice on its obligations from two outside lawyers, who agreed it could remain silent.
所以董事会在询问了两位外界律师,并征得可以保密的建议后,决定继续保持沉默。
"Why, if he came only to be silent, grave, and indifferent, " said she, "did he come at all? "
她想:“要是他这次来是为了要沉默寡言,庄严冷淡,那他又何必来?”
Only recently, seeing it again, did I realize how much clarity and passion Antonioni brought to the film's silent cry of despair.
直到最近又看了一遍,我才意识到这部影片面对绝望的无声呐喊,是多么的清晰又迷狂。
This short black cat with large white eyes and a huge smile was one of the first stars in movie history during the period of silent films.
这个长着白色大眼睛,带着灿烂微笑的小黑猫是无声电影时代电影历史中的第一批明星之一。
I really am grateful, at least, she was silent for me to guard the soul portion of the happiness and sweet.
我真的很感激,至少是她在默默的为我守护着心灵的那份幸福和甜蜜。
Here is an idea that might deal with these problems: The government can stand ready to be a silent partner to future Warren Buffetts.
对此我有一个想法:政府可以成为未来沃伦·巴菲特们的合伙人,一个“不吭声”的合伙人。
There all seemed to be silent and desolate; and a feeling of loneliness and desertion came over him to increase the gloom of the moment.
那里一切都是静悄悄的,好象没有一个人,一阵孤独和被抛弃的感觉袭上他的心头。这越发加深了他当时的凄凉心境。
I was wondering how the hell we'd ever get out of the place without a fight. Fillmore, by this time, was as silent as a clam.
当时我想不打一架恐怕是逃不出那地方了,这时菲尔莫沉默着,一句话也不说。
Although I kept silent, she would see a kind of protest in my cold eyes, and a spirit of defiance, and a sort of pressure for her.
虽然我只能坚持沉默,但她完全能从我那一双冰冷的眼睛里感到一种反抗,一种永不屈服的精神和带给她的一种无形的压力。
The other matter, on which the certificates were silent, was whether or not the liquid ROB cargo was reachable by the vessel's fixed pumps.
另外,检验报告没有提及的一个问题是残留液体货物是否可以被船上固定油泵设备所触及。
She froze, silent, staring at him with her hands behind her back, framed in the doorway of the kitchen.
她僵住了,沉默地盯着他,双手放在身后,站在厨房的门口。
At school, he began to entertain his friends by imitating his silent screen hero, Charlie Chaplin.
上学期间,他开始通过模仿心目中无声电影的银幕英雄——查理·卓别林来为朋友们带去欢乐。
If he does not love I, if he is to leave me, so silent, I would be really mad.
如果他不爱我,如果他要离开我的时候,也这样一言不发,我真的会疯掉的。
Either way you look at it, this author really wants women to be in a subordinate role, silent in church.
不论怎样理解,这位作者极力宣扬女人扮演从属角色,在教会里保持安静。
She was silent for a few moments, and a look of terror came over her face.
她沉默了一会儿,现出恐惧的神色。
When you and others warm, deep down in their hearts can have my life, in your corner flicker, silent love for you, in the bone marrow.
当你和别人温馨,心底可有我的气息,闪烁在你的角落,为你默默的疼在骨髓里。
She had always been silent and thoughtful, and now she was more so than ever.
她一直就是一个沉静和深思的孩子,现在她变得更是这样了。
I grew silent and reserved as the nature of the world in which I lived became plain and undeniable.
我生活的世界的本质变得既清楚又确凿,我却随着变得愈沉默愈含蓄起来。
Melanie was silent too, but at intervals her quiet face was wrenched with pain.
媚兰也默默无声,不过她那平静的面容不时要因阵痛而扭曲。
She could not be silent when such points were introduced.
一提起这样的话题,她就绝对不会沉默。
Mandelshtam perished in the purges of the 1930s, Akhmatova remained silent.
曼杰利什坦姆在30年代的清洗中死去,阿赫玛托娃也销声匿迹。
Every evening he played bridge or attended the movies, and the days were blank of face and silent.
他每晚打打桥牌或者去看电影,日子平淡安静地过去。
The gallery was kept steady, and the silent eager lookout at the water was resumed.
平台又平稳下来了,船上的人重新又眼巴巴地注视着河面。
She would have preferred a loud scream to silent endurance.
她宁可大声尖叫起来,也不愿意这么默默地熬忍。
On this silent parting the curtain fell.
帷幕就在这一悄然无声的分离场面中落下。
A short distance in front of the silent party flowed slowly the sullen waters of the river of lead.
那队默默的行列前面不远处,阴郁的河水象注了铅,缓慢地流动着。
He was silent for some time, his face working.
他沉默了一会儿,脸抽搐着。
These appeared to be a silent convention between them.
他们之间似乎有某种默契。
Only one man, who stood on the deck of his ship in the silent creek, was saying good-bye to her in thought as he waited for the tide.
只有一个人,在那静悄悄的小巷湾里,这人就在帆船的甲板上,等候着潮水的到来,正默默地向她告别。
It was precisely because Kathleen was a woman to whom I could talk that I kept silent.
正因为凯丝琳是个与我心照不宣的女人,所以我才保持缄默。
Bethune started to protest but the General waved him to be silent.
白求恩刚要开口辩驳,就给将军摆摆手止住了。
The excellence of his understanding and his principles can be concealed only by that shyness which too often keeps him silent.
只是由于腼腆,他常常保持沉默,这才使他的出色见解与高贵品质隐而不显。
Through the moving couples they hurried out a side-door to a world that was covered thick with soft, cottony, silent snow.
他们急忙从正在走动的一对对舞伴身边挤过去,走出一扇边门,来到铺满了轻柔、沉寂,象棉花一般的雪花的世界。
For a few moments he loitered upon the doorstep, looking round at the silent square.
他在门前台阶上耽搁了一下,打量了一下寂静的广场。
The servants were silent with surprise, and the children were silent with fear.
仆人们因惊讶而目瞪口呆,孩子们也吓得呆若木鸡。
Miles sat silent, digesting all that he had heard.
迈尔斯坐着没有作声,他正在把所听到的一切加以消化。
He hung his head and was silent.
他低下头去不做声。
She made as if to reply and then became silent.
她好象要回答,然后又停住了。
The guide motioned to me to be silent.
向导示意叫我别出声。
He was silent for a moment, then he added, laughing, "No, I'll see it through, that's all. "
他沉默了一会儿,然后笑着补充道,“不,我要识破它,就这样。”
The white man seemed to take counsel from their customs, and relinquishing his grasp of the rifle, he also remained silent and reserved.
那白人显然也学了他们的样,他放下枪,同样保持着缄默。
When we later walked down the main street of the village, we were followed by a silent procession of children.
后来,当我们沿着村里的大街行走时,后面跟着一长列默默无语的孩子。
The judge charged me to be silent.
法官命令我不要讲话。
They crunched over the snow into the silent village, bending forward against the mountain wind that swept through the street.
他们踏着雪走进了沉寂的村庄,身子往前弯着,顶着从街上吹过的山风。
Butlers and maids hovered over tables, silent and efficient, making sure the glasses and dishes were kept filled.
男女仆役在宴席间穿梭来往,安静而干练地保证盘满杯盈。
Their silent looks gave him this information.
他从他们那默不作声的样子看出了这一点。
The very opposite emotions of the two girls kept both silent for a long time.
两位姑娘的感性截然不同。她们都久久地沉默着。
His wife, who will then also be a mother, might watch in silent dread but Massa insists he shall push himself to the limit again.
他那将要成为母亲的妻子,可能又要无声却担心地观看他的比赛,但马萨坚持他将再次不遗余力。
Asked why she kept silent, she said "the reason was Mehmet" , but that she later changed her story.
当被问及为什么要保持沉默时,哈尼姆说“是因为梅米特的缘故”,然而后来她又矢口否认。
26So they were unable to trap him in what he said in public: they were surprised at his answer and kept silent.
他们在民众面前,不能抓到他的语病,且惊奇他的应对,遂噤口不言。
He broke out of his silent habit usually and told me everything from beginning to ending.
他打破了平时一贯沈默寡言的习惯,把事情原原本本都告诉了我。
26They were unable to trap him in what he had said there in public. And astonished by his answer, they became silent.
他们当着百姓,在这话上得不着把柄,又希奇他的应对,就闭口无言了。
Slowly accustomed to a person's life, become silent, become left out in the cold, didn't ideal, don't want to say, don't want to see. . .
慢慢地习惯了一个人的生活,变得沉默、变得冷落、没了理想、不想说、不想看…
She was silent, and I wondered if my words had touched her, or whether she thought me a romantic fool.
她沉默了,我不晓得是我的话感动了她,还是她以为我是个风流的傻子。
I had expected him to tell me to "stay put" and spend the rest of my life in silent meditation.
我以为他会告诉我“如如不动”然后在冥想里度过剩余的一生。
When asked the question of her marriage, the pop star kept silent.
当被问到她的婚姻问题时,那位流行歌星保持沉默。
The beautiful girl remained silent, but there were tears in her eyes, and her face was white and red after each other.
美丽的女孩依然一声不吭,眼里满是泪水,脸上一阵儿红,一阵儿白。
He fell silent for a minute or two, and to my surprise I saw that he was looking at the stars.
他一两分钟没说话,我吃惊地看到他在看星星。
She saw it with concern; for what could a silent man of five and thirty hope, when opposed to a very lively one of five and twenty?
她为此深感忧虑;因为一个三十五岁的沉默寡言的人,跟一个二十五岁的朝气蓬勃的人相竞争,哪里能有什么希望呢?
Do not disturb do not disturb the friendship, just use a pair of eyes keep silent, I now think the world and there is nothing more exciting.
不打搅不惊动友谊,只是用一双眼睛默默关注,我此时想象不出世上还有什么比这更令人感动。
Suspicion was the companion of his last days and fear for ever followed him with silent tread.
猜疑是他最后时光的同伴,而恐惧永远以无声的脚步跟随着他。
These appeared to be a silent convention between them.
他们之间似乎有某种默契。
When Butler found an opportunity of stealing after her into this place, he found Jeanne silent, dejected, and ready to burst into tears.
当巴特勒找到机会偷偷溜进这间屋子时,发现珍妮垂头丧气,沉默无言,简直随时都会失声痛哭。
How do countless times, the question of its own, but are silent in condensate pharynx.
怎么办,无数次的问自己,可是都是无语的凝咽。
when i go alone at night to my love-tryst, birds do not sing , the wind dose not stir , the house on both sides of street stand silent.
九当我独自在夜晚去约会时,鸟人不鸣,风儿不吹,大街两旁的房屋静静的站着。
Yet Mr Sarkozy took a bet that there was a silent majority prepared to accept change, however much they disliked it.
不过,这次萨科奇打了回赌,赌那些“沉默的大多数”虽然不喜欢这次改革,但已做好了接受的准备。
Hewlett-Packard and Dell have remained silent on the issue, saying they were continuing to look into the matter.
惠普(Hewlett-Packard)和戴尔(Dell)在这个问题上保持沉默,表示将继续关注。
Aunt Alexandra was present but silent.
亚历山德拉姑妈也在场,但没吭气。
The sea is silent and heavy.
海水沉寂而阴郁。
The other white men around him were silent.
他周围的其他白人都一言不发。
The 'h' in honest is silent, as in 'hour'.
honest中的h与hour中的h一样都不发音。
They had stood parting in the silent highway.
他们曾站在那条僻静的大道上,准备告别。
His glance was changed, and even the silent look of confidence in me.
就连他那对我心照不宣的眼神都变了。
But he could not keep silent.
但他不能一言不发。
After this figure he was silent a long while.
他说了这个比喻以后,老半天没再作声。
The men about the table were silent.
桌子四周的人都默不作声。