quiet down
英 [ˈkwaɪət daʊn]
美 [ˈkwaɪət daʊn]
(使)安静; (使)平静下来
柯林斯词典
- PHRASAL VERB-ERG (使)安静;(使)平静下来
If someone or somethingquiets downor if youquietthemdown, they become less noisy or less active.- Once the vote was taken, things quieted down quickly...
一旦投完票,事情便很快平息了下来。 - Try gradually to quiet them down as bedtime approaches.
临近就寝的时候,要尽量让他们渐渐安静下来。
- Once the vote was taken, things quieted down quickly...
in BRIT, usually use 英国英语通常用 quieten down
英英释义
verb
- become quiet or quieter
- The audience fell silent when the speaker entered
双语例句
- Maybe we ought to check the shed just to quiet him down.
或许我们应该去查一下棚子,好让他平静下来。 - In the chronic pain group, however, one of the nodes of this network did not quiet down as it did in the pain-free subjects.
然而在慢性疼痛患者组,大脑网络节点中有一处并没有像没有疼痛者那样“安静”下来。 - At this point, limitations on that individual reach a peak instantly and then things quiet down substantially.
在此时,个人限制达到了一个顶峰并且事情本质上平息了下来。 - I can lie low there, maybe sniff out a job when things quiet down.
我可以在那儿暂避风头,事情平息后找个工作。 - "His voice would not quiet down," he said.
“他的声音不安静下来,”他说。 - Classroom immediately quiet down and come up with the heroic men were busy "shield"-book.
教室立刻安静下来,英雄好汉们忙拿出“挡箭牌”――书。 - Hustle and bustle of the day, the city, also began to quiet down.
喧嚣了一天的城市,也开始静了下来。 - Liu Jianquan, a26-year-old student at the University of Tsukuba ( an hour's drive from Tokyo), said he sometimes has to call the police to get his Japanese dorm mates to quiet down.
26岁的刘建全就读于筑波大学(距东京一小时的路程),他说有时候他不得不向警察求助,这样才能让他的那些日本室友安静下来。 - We have to wait until things quiet down.
我们都必须要等到情况稳定下来。 - They'll usually quiet down.
他们通常会安静的。