calm down
collocation平静下来；使平静下来
She took a deep breath to calm down before the interview.
她深吸一口气，在面试前让自己平静下来。
She calmed the crying baby by singing a lullaby.
她唱摇篮曲使哭闹的婴儿平静下来。
使平静
To make calm.
变得平静
To become calm.
使平静或静止
make calm or still
calm
Base
原形
calms
3rd person
第三人称单数
calming
-ing
现在分词
calmed
Past
过去式
calmed
Past participle
过去分词
She calms her nerves before the exam.
她在考试前平静她的神经。
He calmed the crying baby.
他安抚了哭闹的婴儿。
规则动词，过去式及过去分词加-ed。
A warm bath can calm your nerves after a stressful day.
在紧张的一天后，洗个热水澡可以平静你的神经。
The teacher is calming the students down before the exam.
老师正在考试前让学生们平静下来。
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平静下来；使平静下来
She took a deep breath to calm down before the interview.
她深吸一口气，在面试前让自己平静下来。
安抚某人的紧张情绪；使某人镇定
Listening to soft music calms my nerves before a test.
考试前听轻音乐能安抚我的紧张情绪。
缓和局势；使局面平息
The manager stepped in to calm the situation between the two employees.
经理出面调解两名员工之间的局面，使其平息。
消除恐惧；安抚担忧
The government issued a statement to calm public fears about the new policy.
政府发表声明以消除公众对新政策的担忧。
平息事态；缓和情绪
His gentle apology calmed the waters after the heated argument.
他温和的道歉平息了激烈争吵后的风波。
使自己镇定下来
He counted to ten to calm himself before answering.
他数到十让自己镇定下来再回答。
消除某人的忧虑；使某人安心
The teacher's kind words calmed the student's fears before the exam.
老师和蔼的话语消除了这个学生考试前的忧虑。
缓和局面；平息争端
She tried to calm the waters by apologizing to both sides.
她通过向双方道歉来缓和局面。
使某人镇定；安抚某人的情绪
He took a deep breath to calm his nerves before the interview.
面试前他深吸一口气来镇定自己。
你需要冷静下来。
This is the title and main lyric of Taylor Swift's 2019 song, which encourages people to stop being hateful and be more tolerant.
这是泰勒·斯威夫特2019年歌曲的标题和主要歌词，歌中鼓励人们停止仇恨、更加包容。
冷静，冷静。
This is the catchy refrain of Rema's global hit song 'Calm Down', where it is used to soothe a worried girlfriend.
这是 Rema 全球热门歌曲《Calm Down》中朗朗上口的副歌，在歌中用来安抚焦虑的女友。
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联想：calm 中的字母 a 像躺着的人，提醒自己躺平、深呼吸，让心安静下来。
语域：mixed 常见场景：安抚他人、自我平静、书面描述 动词 calm 通常表示“使人或局面平静”，也可表示“自己平静下来”。日常口语中多使用短语 calm down，较正式的书面或心理描写中则常用 calm 接宾语。整体风格随搭配和场景在中性与正式之间变化。
拼写为 -alm 的词（calm、balm、palm、psalm）在美式英语中常不发出 l，且都押 /ɑm/。bomb 和 mom 在美式英语中也押 /ɑm/。注意形似但发音不同的词：call /kɔl/、salt /sɔlt/、half /hæf/、almond /ˈɑmənd/，它们的 al 读音不同。
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