quietened

英 [ˈkwaɪətnd]

美 [ˈkwaɪətnd]

v.  (使)安静下来，平静些
quieten的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG (使)安静;(使）平静下来
  If youquietensomeone or something, or if theyquieten, you make them become less noisy, less active, or silent.
  1. She tried to quieten her breathing...
     她努力让呼吸平缓下来。
  2. 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。

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 quiet


• VERB 消除，减轻(恐惧);平息(抱怨)
  Toquietenfears or complaints means to persuade people that there is no good reason for them.
  1. 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。

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 quiet

双语例句

• But as he spoke, they quietened, he pointed out that they were needed for an essential job to act as an army of occupation.
  但是当他说话时，他们变安静了。他指出他们需要一个基本的工作，把参军作为一个职业。
• Our YE's quietened down most considerably but not for long.
  我们队员保持极大的正静但是维持不久。
• And whatever thoughts may come when the chatter of consciousness had quietened down will then be generally be results of Nietzsche famous extent rather than mere opinions of the egocentric self.
  无论出现什么样的思想，当意识的出现，已经将意志抚慰，然后得到尼采得出的著名的周遭的结果，而不仅仅是关于自我主义的观点。
• All the restless devils inside her were quietened by this silence and by the calm strength of this companion.
  这同伴的沉着镇静，把她心中的烦躁不安驱散得一干二净。
• 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。
• He had matured and quietened down considerably.
  他已成熟文静多了。
• Father came in and read us the riot act, and we quietened down and went to sleep.
  父亲进来向我们提出严厉警告，我们就安静下来睡着了。
• The barking dogs quietened when they recognized me.
  认出我来后，那些吠叫的狗静了下来。
• The Friedman view still has its proponents but the financial crisis has quietened many of them.
  弗里德曼的观点仍然有支持者，但金融危机已经让很多人安静了下来。
• The fear within her quietened.
  她内心的恐惧减轻了。