| 词汇 | keep quiet |
| 释义 | keep quietkeep quiet 1 used to tell someone not to say anything or make any noise 请安静，别说话 Keep quiet! I’m trying to watch the game. 安静！我要看比赛。 Examples from the Corpus keep quiet• But the story is too big to be kept quiet.• He heard his wife cursing Biddy inside the house, shouting for the animal to keep quiet.• Listening to them, I was taught to keep quiet.• The people may disagree; but they keep quiet.• Parotti had threatened to expose the illegal arrangements unless he was paid $50,000 to keep quiet.• She'd been brutally murdered to keep her quiet.• We used to keep quiet about some of the things that went on in the prison.• I wish I'd kept quiet about the money.• We'd better keep quiet about this for now.• And if you wanted it kept quiet, again it would be entirely up to you.• Some people disagree with what the government is doing, but they keep quiet for fear of reprisals.• Keep quiet! I'm trying to hear what your brother has to say.• The minister denied that the case had been kept quiet or hidden.• I think they should have kept quiet over that.• Turning worried eyes on him, tempted to keep quiet, she sighed.• The disciples kept quiet telling nothing of what they had seen at that time to anyone.• It was like they were trying to pay me off for keeping quiet, to bribe me to look the other way.• We can give you a 10% raise, but not the others -- so keep it quiet, won't you? → keep quiet at keep1(SPOKEN SECT) 2 SECRETto keep information secret 对某事保密 You’re getting married? You kept that quiet! 你要结婚了？你竟然保密啊！ → keep something quiet/keep quiet about something at quiet1(2) 3 STOP something THAT IS HAPPENINGto stop someone from talking, complaining, or causing trouble 使某人安静 Give the kids some crayons – that will keep them quiet for a while. 给孩子们一些蜡笔——那会让他们安静一会儿。 Examples from the Corpus keep somebody quiet• Give the kids some crayons, that will keep them quiet for a while. → keep somebody quiet at quiet1(3) |
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