quelled

英 [kweld]

美 [kweld]

v.  制止; 平息; 镇压; 消除，缓解，减轻(强烈或不快的感情)
quell的过去分词和过去式

英英释义

adj

• subdued or overcome
  1. the quelled rebellion
  2. an uprising quenched almost before it started
  3. a squelched rumor
  Synonym:quenchedsquelched

双语例句

• Her father quelled her fears of the thunder.
  她的父亲平定了她对雷声的恐惧。
• Leading troops, he quelled a rebellion.
  他带领军队平息了一场叛乱。
• Her words quelled any lingering doubts I had had.
  她的话打消了我心头的重重疑虑。
• Fortunately, I took myself in hand in time. Mr. Atkinson was duly quelled.
  幸亏我及时地控制了自己。阿特金森先生被及时地将了一军。
• The disturbance near the headquarters was caused by the lunatic fringe and was quelled by the riot police eventually.
  总部附近之骚乱由极端份子引起，最后由防暴警察敉平。
• The increase was smaller than expected, but has not quelled fears that as inflation creeps up the government will need to slam on the economic brakes.
  这一数字比预期要小，但并未平息人们对政府会因通胀爬升而给经济踩急刹车的担忧。
• Yet all the awards have not quelled her desire to expand her craft.
  然而所有这些大奖并未浇灭她进一步拓展演技的欲望。
• Those were largely quelled with the arrival of the boys, a pair of twins among them.
  而随着他们双胞胎儿子的出生，猜测才渐渐平息下来。
• Fortunately, it is much less threatening than people previously believed, and newly introduced vaccines seem to have quelled lingering fears.
  庆幸的是，这种病毒远没有人们最初想的那样危险，而最新面世的疫苗似乎已经平息了那弥留在人们心头久久不能散去的恐惧。
• Only then can it be roasted, ground and brewed into the stuff that dreams are quelled with.
  然后它才能被烘烤、碾碎、酿造成做梦都想要的原料。