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

• Maybe we ought to check the shed just to quiet him down.
  或许我们应该去查一下棚子，好让他平静下来。
• 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。
• 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。
• They'll usually quiet down.
  他们通常会安静的。
• You can't wait for the world to quiet down before you start focusing on your own well-being.
  你不可能等到这个世界安静下来，你才开始关注你自己的幸福。
• I can lie low there, maybe sniff out a job when things quiet down.
  我可以在那儿暂避风头，事情平息后找个工作。
• 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。
• The father asked the children to quiet down because the baby was sleeping.
  父亲要孩子们安静下来，因为宝宝正在睡觉。
• How did you get him to quiet down?
  你是怎么把他给摩挲顺了的？