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

• Once the vote was taken, things quieted down quickly
  一旦投完票，事情便很快平息了下来。
• 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。
• The teacher made the rowdy class quiet down.
  老师使这吵闹的班级安静了下来。
• 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。
• 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。
• We have to wait until things quiet down.
  我们都必须要等到情况稳定下来。
• Isolation and loneliness, this pair of twins, people in the impulse in the quiet down and sink quietly thinking.
  孤独和寂寞，这一对孪生子，让人于冲动中沉静下来，静静的沉入思索。
• Hustle and bustle of the day, the city, also began to quiet down.
  喧嚣了一天的城市，也开始静了下来。
• The child wouldn't quiet down for me.
  这孩子不肯为我安静下来。
• How did you get him to quiet down?
  你是怎么把他给摩挲顺了的？