silent majority
沉默的大多数,沉默的多数,缄默的大多数,沉默的大部分
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- : the U.S. citizens who supported President Nixon's policies but who were not politically vocal, outspoken, or active: considered by him to constitute a majority.
- : any group of people who are not outspoken and who are considered to constitute a majority.
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The great silent majority of future generations is rendered powerless and needs a voice.
I think a large majority of our fans are [other] nationalities.
House rules require an absolute majority of members voting to choose a speaker.
By tradition, the speaker of the House never participates in debates in the House and remains silent.
As we waited for my plane to come in, we stayed silent for a long time.
Again, I do not know House Majority Whip Scalise or President Obama personally.
After a minute's pause, while he stood painfully silent, she resumed in great emotion.
Here began indeed, in the drab surroundings of the workshop, in the silent mystery of the laboratory, the magic of the new age.
The lovers got up, with only a silent protest, and walked slowly away somewhere else.
Ever since his majority Lord Hetton had annually entered a colt in the great race.
No; there I stood, half-astonished, half-abashed while the Marquise continued on her knees and made her silent orisons.