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voiceless

/vois-lis/US // ˈvɔɪs lɪs //UK // (ˈvɔɪslɪs) //

无声,无声的,无声无息,无声音

Related Words

surd糜烂,糜烂的,糜费,糜子dumb哑巴,愚蠢的,笨拙的,哑口无言inarticulate口齿不清,词不达意,语无伦次,口齿不清的mute静音,哑巴,缄默,静默speechless哑口无言,语无伦次,说不出话来了,说不出话来wordless无字,无言,无词,无语mum妈妈,妈咪,妈,母亲silent无声无息,无声的,无声,沉默aphonic语音,蚜虫,录音,鸣叫

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having no voice; mute.
    • : uttering no words; silent.
    • : having an unmusical voice.
    • : unspoken; unuttered: voiceless sympathy.
    • : having no vote or right of choice.
    • : Phonetics. without voice; unvoiced; surd; aphonic: “p,” “f,” and “s” are voiceless.uttered without phonation.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.inaudible
Synonyms
surd糜烂,糜烂的,糜费,糜子aphonic语音,蚜虫,录音,鸣叫dumb哑巴,愚蠢的,笨拙的,哑口无言inarticulate口齿不清,词不达意,语无伦次,口齿不清的mum妈妈,妈咪,妈,母亲mute静音,哑巴,缄默,静默silent无声无息,无声的,无声,沉默speechless哑口无言,语无伦次,说不出话来了,说不出话来
adj.silent
Synonyms
dumb哑巴,愚蠢的,笨拙的,哑口无言inarticulate口齿不清,词不达意,语无伦次,口齿不清的mute静音,哑巴,缄默,静默speechless哑口无言,语无伦次,说不出话来了,说不出话来wordless无字,无言,无词,无语

Examples

  • Many of humanity’s most intractable problems are caused by keeping the Other voiceless.

  • I’m also able to open the door for the voiceless so that they can be seen and heard in the room.

  • If elected, I pledge to be a voice for the voiceless in Falls Church.

  • They do give a voice to the voiceless, but they can also lead to consequences that those who are challenging the system don’t intend.

  • Still, the Voice served as an important platform for the otherwise voiceless left out of the mainstream discussion during both Stonewall and the paper’s 60-year run.

  • They were gathered there, Black said, to be a "voice for the voiceless."

  • He wanted to give a voice to the voiceless, comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.

  • And overwhelmingly, the communities who suffer the most are those who are the most vulnerable and voiceless.

  • Human-rights movements have traditionally existed to help the voiceless and those without agency gain progressively more rights.

  • Is giving voice to the voiceless worth less than other work?

  • The trader seemed to be paralyzed, for he had remained voiceless during the stirring events.

  • It was these voiceless spectres of a voice long dead that stirred the transparent silence, intoning toneless tones.

  • The grass still made a carpet over its roots, inviting me to sprawl at full length and renew our voiceless communion.

  • When Bruce saw this damnable thing he understood, and he shook with horror and voiceless rage.

  • Hitherto they had been voiceless, wordless, needing all their breath for their hard-labouring efforts to break down the gates.

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