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

• Troops eventually quelled the unrest.
  军队最终平息了动乱。
• Thanks to Kao sung-nien's skill, the turmoil had been quelled.
  亏高松年有本领，弹压下去。
• Mr McCain, having quelled the booing that initially greeted Mr Obama's name, went on to say that "This is an historic election, and I recognise the special significance it has for African-Americans".
  麦凯恩制止了对那些对奥巴马报以嘘声的人，“这是具有历史意义的一次选举，我承认这对于非裔美国人具有特殊的意义”。
• 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。
• 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。
• And even if there were disturbances, they could be quelled immediately.
  即使有了动乱，也能及时解决。
• This argument and the awful weight of the hour quelled the would be heresy-hunters.
  这一论点，以及当时的严重局势，制止了那些所谓的迫害异端的人们。
• 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。
• Today, 100-year-old IBM quelled long speculation over who would lead the tech giant into the next century.
  周二，成立一百周年的IBM公司平息了人们长久以来对谁将领导这一科技巨头步入下个世纪的猜测。