| 单词 | quieten |
| 释义 | quieten [intransitive, transitive] (bre) to become calmer or less noisy; to make sb/sth calmer or less noisy平静下来；安静下来；使平静；使安静◆things seem to have quietened down a bit this afternoon (= we are not as busy as we were).今天下午，事情似乎平静些了。◆the police appealed for calm, but it failed to quieten the protesters.警方呼吁抗议者保持冷静，但没有奏效。 ➡ see also quiet → quiet adj. 2 quieten/ˈkwaɪətn ||; ˈkwaɪətṇ/verb [t] to make sb/sth quiet 使安静；使平静 quieten (sb/sth) down to become quiet or to make sb/sth quiet （使…）安静下来，平静下来: ◇when you've quietened down, i'll tell you what happened. 等你情绪安定下来，我会告诉你发生了什么事。 qui·et·en /`kwaɪətṇ; ˈkwaɪətn/ bre 【英】, quiet ame 【美】v [t]to make someone or something quiet 使平静; 使安静:◇his appeal for calm failed to quieten the protesters. 他呼吁大家保持冷静，但未能使抗议者平静下来。quieten downto become quiet, or make someone quiet （使）平静下来; （使）安静下来:◇after a while the children quietened down. 过了一会儿，孩子们便安静下来。 |
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