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silence + object
The teacher silenced the noisy students.
老师让吵闹的学生安静下来。
使沉默；使安静
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使沉默；使安静
to make someone or something silent or quiet
The teacher silenced the noisy students.
老师让吵闹的学生安静下来。
使(某人或某物)沉默。
To make (someone or something) silent.
压制某事物的表达。
To repress the expression of something.
压制批评等。
To suppress criticism, etc.
阻止基因表达。
To block gene expression.
silence
Base
原形
silences
3rd person
第三人称单数
silencing
-ing
现在分词
silenced
Past
过去式
silenced
Past participle
过去分词
She silences her phone during meetings.
她在会议期间使手机静音。
The teacher silenced the noisy students.
老师让吵闹的学生安静下来。
They have silenced all criticism with their success.
他们用成功压制了所有批评。
规则动词
The teacher raised her hand to silence the noisy class.
老师举起手让吵闹的班级安静下来。
The company tried to silence the critics by releasing a new report.
公司试图通过发布新报告来压制批评者。
Scientists are researching ways to silence the faulty gene.
科学家正在研究使缺陷基因沉默的方法。
The teacher silenced the noisy students.
老师让吵闹的学生安静下来。
“with”表示使用的手段或工具。
He silenced the alarm with a button press.
他按了一下按钮让闹钟静音。
被动语态表示被迫沉默或被压制。
The critics were silenced by the overwhelming evidence.
批评者被压倒性的证据弄得哑口无言。
Not this
The teacher silenced.
Use this
The teacher silenced the students.
silence 是及物动词，后面必须跟宾语，表示'使某人/某物沉默'。
Not this
He silenced about the matter.
Use this
He kept silent about the matter.
silence 作为动词时直接带宾语，不接介词短语；表示'对某事保持沉默'应使用形容词 silent 加介词 about。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
使批评者闭嘴
The company tried to silence a critic by offering him a job.
公司试图通过给批评者一份工作来让他闭嘴。
压制反对意见
The government used new laws to silence the opposition.
政府利用新法律压制反对意见。
平息谣言
The official statement was meant to silence the rumor about the merger.
这份官方声明旨在平息有关合并的谣言。
使人群安静下来
The singer raised her hand to silence the crowd before the song.
歌手举起手让人群在歌曲开始前安静下来。
压住批评声音
He tried to silence criticism by refusing to answer questions.
他试图通过拒绝回答问题来压住批评声音。
使基因沉默
Scientists used RNA interference to silence a gene responsible for the disease.
科学家利用RNA干扰使导致该疾病的基因沉默。
沉默是金
He decided not to argue, remembering that silence is golden.
他决定不再争辩，想起沉默是金。
打破沉默；开口说话
The star finally broke her silence about the scandal.
这位明星终于打破沉默，谈起了那件丑闻。
保持缄默的共谋；默契保密
There was a conspiracy of silence about the company's financial problems.
对于公司的财务问题，大家心照不宣地保持沉默。
言语是银，沉默是金。
An English proverb often cited to say that quiet reflection is more valuable than talk; popularized in the 1960s by The Tremeloes' song 'Silence Is Golden.'
一句英国谚语，常被引用来说明安静的思考比说话更有价值；20世纪60年代因The Tremeloes乐队的歌曲《Silence Is Golden》而广为流传。
然后触碰到了寂静之声。
A line from Simon & Garfunkel's 1964 song 'The Sound of Silence,' a landmark of folk-rock.
出自西蒙和加芬克尔1964年的歌曲《寂静之声》，是民谣摇滚的代表作。
Use silence naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把 silent（沉默的）词尾 t 换成 ce，变动词 silence：像按下静音键，让声音或批评停止。
语域：mixed 常见场景：日常对话、正式写作/演讲、生物/医学研究 作动词时，“使安静”在日常对话中通常较中性；而“压制（批评、表达）”和“使（基因）沉默”多用于正式、书面或学术语境。正式程度需视具体含义和搭配而定。
及物动词，后接宾语
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