silence
沉默,缄默,肃静,沉默寡言
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Definitions
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- : absence of any sound or noise; stillness.
- : the state or fact of being silent; muteness.
- : absence or omission of mention, comment, or expressed concern: the conspicuous silence of our newspapers on local graft.
- : the state of being forgotten; oblivion: in the news again after years of silence.
- : concealment; secrecy.
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si·lenced, si·lenc·ing.
- : to put or bring to silence; still.
- : to put to rest; quiet.
- : Military. to still, as by more effective fire.
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Examples
The silence observed at the GOP convention is familiar to those of us who contended for years with Republican parents and relatives.
In 2014, NSO had been bought for around $100 million by the American private equity firm Francisco Partners, which had a strict no-press policy that Hulio says led to a harmful culture of silence.
Last week, I wrote about young activists in North County motivated to protest not only George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis but their own communities’ history of silence on racial justice issues and police brutality.
Just by having that realm of silence and the room to think, that’s when the ideas appear.
Felix explained to PEOPLE that she was first inspired to share her story after two of her former Nike teammates, Olympic runners Alysia Montaño and Kara Goucher, broke their silence on the brand’s treatment of their pregnant female athletes.
They know they will face either a swift backlash or deafening silence.
If so, he has his silence -- on top of poor judgment -- to blame.
Jay is hard to empathize with and his silence suggests that, yeah, something is up.
“Do not use complaints, courts and lawyers to beat and to silence the enemy,” the NOA activists wrote.
The families announced along with it that they had entered a “phase of silence” surrounding the details of the new deal.
The hum of earnest or glad voices here contrasted strongly with and meditation there.