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silently

/sahy-luhnt/US // ˈsaɪ lənt //UK // (ˈsaɪlənt) //

默默地,静静地,悄悄地,默默无闻

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : making no sound; quiet; still: a silent motor.
    • : refraining from speech.
    • : speechless; mute.
    • : not inclined to speak; taciturn; reticent.
    • : characterized by absence of speech or sound: a silent prayer.
    • : unspoken; tacit: a silent assent.
    • : omitting mention of something, as in a narrative: The records are silent about this crime.
    • : inactive or quiescent, as a volcano.
    • : not sounded or pronounced: The “b” in “doubt” is a silent letter.
    • : Movies. not having spoken dialogue or a soundtrack.
    • : Medicine/Medical. producing no symptoms: silent gallstones.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Usually silents. silent films.

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Examples

  • Potts is sharing her first-hand account in an episode that underscores the intense pressure on victims of sexual harassment to stay silent and the high price of reporting the bad behavior of a powerful man.

  • The Big Night Out features casino games, cocktails, silent disco, auction, and DJs as well as a host committee made up by millennials.

  • The Republican leaders who stood with the Jewish community against hate last year have been silent to condemn it from their party chair, and that silence is deafening.

  • Meanwhile, an entire sector of “Christian” leaders has not only stood silent, they have actively encouraged mass gathering without masks.

  • I hope that the silent majority will come out in numbers like they did in 2016 and give him a decisive victory.

  • Instead, black models are required to remain meekly, silently off stage, waiting for a turn that may never come.

  • At the end of the hearing Gruber walked out silently, surrounded by cameras and accompanied by his lawyer.

  • Yasin silently drew the string of his bow and let loose an arrow.

  • Deprived of amplification, he silently stripped down and collapsed onstage.

  • They marched silently in twos behind him as he drove a heavily loaded wagon pulled by one horse.

  • For a moment Joe stood behind her, silently, looking over her shoulder at the signature of Isom Chase.

  • "To R——," replied the man, as he turned silently and sullenly to retrace his steps.

  • She lit another cigarette, and for a few moments looked silently out of the window at the darkening woods beyond the lawn.

  • Here Mr. Samuel Weller, who had silently eaten his oysters with tranquil smiles, cried “Hear!”

  • They walked silently down the lane together, Gilbert sullen and mortified, Dorothy pitying but resolute.