ADJECTIVE | VERB + QUIET | QUIET + VERB | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤relative相對寧靜◇a period of comparative quiet相對寧靜的時期➤sudden突然的寂靜➤awful, eerie可怕的/恐怖的安靜VERB + QUIET➤break, pierce, shatter打破寧靜◇A machine gun shattered the quiet.一陣機關槍聲打破了寧靜。QUIET + VERB➤follow接着是寂靜◇in the sudden quiet that followed the gunshot在槍炮聲過後的突然安靜中PHRASES➤peace and quiet寧靜◇I'm going home now for a bit of peace and quiet!現在我要回家清靜一下!quiet
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1with little or no noise; not talking少聲響;無聲響;不說話VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESVERBS➤be安靜▸➤become, fall, go, grow安靜下來▸➤keep, lie, remain, sit, stay保持安靜;不聲不響地躺着;不出聲地坐着;靜靜地待着◇Just sit quiet for a moment, there's a good boy.安靜地坐一會兒,這才是好孩子。➤keep sb/sth讓⋯保持安靜◇Keep that dog quiet, will you!能不能讓那隻狗別叫!ADVERB➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.極其/相當/非常安靜▸➤all一片安靜◇Suddenly the room went all quiet.房間突然一片安靜。➤awfully, remarkably, unusually非常/格外/異常安靜◇Everyone went awfully quiet.所有的人都變得異常安靜。➤absolutely, completely, perfectly悄然無聲;鴉雀無聲;萬籟俱寂▸➤deathly, eerily死寂;靜得嚇人◇The house was eerily quiet.房子裏靜得嚇人。➤dangerously平靜中透出危險◇His voice was dangerously quiet as he asked the question.他問問題時話音平靜,卻隱含威脅。➤oddly, strangely, unnaturally靜得出奇;靜得不自然◇She went back to a strangely quiet house.她回到一所靜得出奇的房子。➤surprisingly, uncharacteristically令人驚訝地/一反常態地安靜PREPOSITION➤about就⋯保持沉默◇I knew I had to keep quiet about it.我知道這件事我必須守口如瓶。PHRASES➤nice (and) quiet寧靜◇I was looking forward to a nice quiet afternoon.我期望能過一個安寧平靜的下午。quiet
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2without much activity少活動VERBS | ADVERBVERBS➤be, look, seem安靜;看上去安靜;顯得安靜▸➤become安靜下來▸➤lie, remain, sit靜靜地躺着;保持安靜;靜靜地坐着◇Lie quiet for an hour and you'll feel better.靜靜地躺上一個小時,你就會感覺好點兒。➤keep sb/sth使⋯平靜◇Keep the patient as quiet as possible.盡可能讓病人靜養。ADVERB➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.極其/相當/非常安靜▸➤reasonably, relatively還算/比較平靜➤enough足夠平靜◇Things seemed quiet enough, but it was an uneasy calm.局勢似乎足夠平靜了,但那是一種讓人不安的平靜。
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