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。
• Classroom immediately quiet down and come up with the heroic men were busy "shield"-book.
  教室立刻安静下来，英雄好汉们忙拿出“挡箭牌”――书。
• Sings happiness, the things quiet down.
  唱幸福、曲终人散。
• I dyspnea, and12 will hit her, she saw me angry, only slowly quiet down.
  我气急了，会打她一两下，她看见我生气了，才会慢慢的安静下来。
• With the second move that ticked away voice, everything around quiet down, can clearly hear throbbing with the second rhythmic beat.
  随着嘀嘀嗒嗒秒针走动的声音，周围的一切都安静了下来，可以很清楚地听到心跳声随着秒针有节奏地跳动。
• At this point, limitations on that individual reach a peak instantly and then things quiet down substantially.
  在此时，个人限制达到了一个顶峰并且事情本质上平息了下来。
• Liu Jianquan, a26-year-old student at the University of Tsukuba ( an hour's drive from Tokyo), said he sometimes has to call the police to get his Japanese dorm mates to quiet down.
  26岁的刘建全就读于筑波大学（距东京一小时的路程），他说有时候他不得不向警察求助，这样才能让他的那些日本室友安静下来。
• To quiet down the battle between sexes, human beings must overcome selfishness and greed and realize the equality, mutual aid and harmonious co-existence of both sexes.
  人类要平息两性纷争，就必须克服本性中的自私和贪欲，实现两性之间的平等互助和谐共存。
• 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。
• 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。