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这里为大家介绍下quell 是什么意思，希望能帮助到各位朋友。

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中英文翻译

vt.

〔书面语〕

1.镇压(叛乱等)，压制；平息。

2.镇定，消除，减轻(激动、恐惧等)。

n.

〔古语〕屠杀。

n.

-er

镇压者，平息者。

suppress or crush completely; "squelch any sign of dissent"; "quench a rebellion"

同义词：squelch, quench,

overcome or allay; "quell my hunger"

同义词：stay, appease,

例句与用法

1.Soldiers were sent in to quell the riots .

士兵已被派去镇压动乱。

2.Mr. atkinson was duly quelled .

阿特金森先生被及时地将了一军。

3.Hitler had failed to quell or conquer britain .

希特勒未能打败或征服不列颠。

4.Cold quells molecular motion .

寒冷抑制了分子的运动。

5.The armed force had to be called out to quell violence .

不得不出动军队来镇压暴力行动。

6.Quelling her grief, she said "good-bye!" again and went on .

她把悲痛压下去，二番说了一声再见，转身走了。

7.This argument and the awful weight of the hour quelled the would-be heresy-hunters .

这一论点，以及当时的严重局势，制止了那些所谓的迫害异端的人们。

8.Catherine quelled her lamentations also, took a seat opposite, and looked solemnly into the fire,

凯瑟琳也止住了她的悲泣，坐在对面的椅子上，庄严地望着火。

9.It is a happy thing that time quells the longings of vengeance and hushes the prompting of rage and aversion .

时间平息了复仇的渴望，压下了愤怒和厌恶的冲动，这是件快乐的事。

10.He had noticed that for some mysterious reason fee"s very presence quelled his sister, put her at a disadvantage .

不知什么缘故，他注意到菲一出场就会压倒他的姐姐，使她相形见绌。

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