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沉默
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- 沉默 [chénmò]
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不说话
- 沉默不语
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动
不说话
Examples
- 从此，他变得更沉默了。
- He has become even more reticent since then. → 沉默
- 保持沉默
- remain silent → 沉默
- 他沉默了一会儿又继续说下去。
- After a moment's silence he went on. → 沉默
- 他给我递了个眼色，要我保持沉默。
- He winked at me to keep silent. → 递眼色
- 朋友们都纳罕我为什么近来沉默寡言
- My friends wondered why I had been so reticent recently. → 纳罕
- 她沉默着皱一皱眉头，露出一股极为憎厌的神情。
- Silently she frowned with a look of utter distaste. → 憎厌
- 沉默寡言
- reticent; taciturn; uncommunicative → 寡言
- 会上她一直沉默，没有明确表态。 → 表
- 听了他的叙述，我们不约而同地沉默了。 → 不约而同
- 老王是个沉默寡言的人。 → 沉默
Collocations
- 沉默寡言
- taciturn
- 沉默不语
- keep silent
- 保持沉默
- remain silent
- 沉默是金
- silence is golden
- 性格沉默
- reticent character
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