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.
  1. Once the vote was taken, things quieted down quickly...
     一旦投完票，事情便很快平息了下来。
  2. 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。

in BRIT, usually use 英国英语通常用 quieten down

英英释义

verb

• become quiet or quieter
  1. The audience fell silent when the speaker entered
  Synonym:quietenhushquietquiescepipe down

双语例句

• You just quiet down, my gosling.
  你安静下来，我的小鹅。
• Isolation and loneliness, this pair of twins, people in the impulse in the quiet down and sink quietly thinking.
  孤独和寂寞，这一对孪生子，让人于冲动中沉静下来，静静的沉入思索。
• Sometimes he'd quiet down and just stare sadly at the floor, like a man whittling.
  有时他会静下来，纯粹悲哀地凝视着地板，象一个正在用小刀削刻的人。
• We have to wait until things quiet down.
  我们都必须要等到情况稳定下来。
• Mental health education can quiet down the criminal's correction complain and keep the prison correcting order, meanwhile, it can improve the criminal's quality and adapt themselves to the society after jail.
  开展罪犯心理健康教育是稳定罪犯改造情绪和监狱改造秩序的需要；是提高罪犯素质，适应再社会化后的需要。
• How did you get him to quiet down?
  你是怎么把他给摩挲顺了的？
• By abstaining from such actions, one allows the mind to quiet down sufficiently in order to proceed further.
  透过持戒心得以充分地平静下来，以便能好好执行观察的任务。
• Ive got to quiet down and get focused.
  我该冷静下来，集中注意力。
• They'll usually quiet down.
  他们通常会安静的。
• Quiet down, please. I have an announcement to make.
  请安静下来，我要宣布件事。