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muzzle (an animal)
本义指给动物戴上口套，防止其咬人或进食，常用于宠物或动物管理场景。
The police muzzled the aggressive dog before moving it.
警察在转移那只攻击性强的狗之前给它戴上了口套。
使缄默；压制言论
muzzled — past of muzzle
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使缄默；压制言论
To prevent someone from speaking freely or expressing an opinion; to silence or censor.
The police muzzled the aggressive dog before moving it.
警察在转移那只攻击性强的狗之前给它戴上了口套。
常用于指官方压制言论或新闻审查。
给动物戴上口套以束缚或限制其嘴部,防止其进食或咬人。
To bind or confine an animal's mouth by putting a muzzle, as to prevent it from eating or biting.
限制(说话、表达意见或行动)；封住嘴；使沉默；审查。
To restrain (from speaking, expressing opinion or acting); to gag; to silence; to censor.
使口鼻靠近。
To bring the muzzle or mouth near.
muzzle
Base
原形
muzzles
3rd person
第三人称单数
muzzling
-ing
现在分词
muzzled
Past
过去式
muzzled
Past participle
过去分词
The law muzzles the press.
这条法律迫使新闻界缄默。
The government muzzled dissidents.
政府使异见者沉默了。
They have muzzled all criticism.
他们已经压制了所有批评。
用作动词时，指强制沉默或限制言论自由。
The vet muzzled the dog before examining it.
兽医在检查之前给狗戴上了口套。
The government tried to muzzle the press during the crisis.
政府在危机期间试图压制新闻媒体。
Some critics accused the company of muzzling its employees.
一些批评者指责该公司禁止员工发表意见。
本义指给动物戴上口套，防止其咬人或进食，常用于宠物或动物管理场景。
The police muzzled the aggressive dog before moving it.
警察在转移那只攻击性强的狗之前给它戴上了口套。
引申义指限制言论、表达或行动自由，常含贬义；宾语可以是人、媒体或批评言论。
The government tried to muzzle the press during the crisis.
政府在危机期间试图压制新闻界。
Not this
The government tried to muzzle the mouths of journalists.
Use this
The government tried to muzzle journalists.
muzzle 作动词时直接以人或动物为宾语，表示“使缄默”，不能说 muzzle someone's mouth；中文“封住某人的嘴”中的“嘴”在英语里不必译出。
Not this
The dog muzzled before entering the park.
Use this
The dog was muzzled before entering the park.
muzzle 是及物动词，意为“给……戴口套”，必须带宾语或用被动语态；不能说狗自己 muzzled，应改为 be muzzled。
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给狗戴上嘴套
Please muzzle your dog when you take it outside.
带狗外出时请给它戴上嘴套。
封住新闻界的嘴
The new law is designed to muzzle the press.
这项新法律旨在封住新闻界的嘴。
压制异议
The regime has repeatedly tried to muzzle dissent.
该政权一再试图压制异议。
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想象狗狗嘴上戴个套，嘴被封住，既不能咬也不能叫；muzzle 由此引申为“封口、压制言论”。
语域：formal 常见场景：politics、media、workplace 此处分析“压制言论、使缄默”的义项：该用法多用于正式或新闻语体，常见于政治、媒体等场景，常搭配 government、press、dissent 等词，语气偏严肃或批判；日常口语中较少使用。
及物动词，后接名词或代词
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