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silence

Word family 
si·lence1 /ˈsaɪləns/ ●●● W2 noun
1  no noise 沒有響聲 [uncountableU]QUIET complete absence of sound or noise 無聲，寂靜 SYN quiet
silence of
Nothing disturbed the silence of the night.
沒有任何聲音打破這夜晚的寂靜。
silence falls/descends (on/upon something)
After the explosion, an eerie silence fell upon the scene.
爆炸之後，現場陷入一片可怕的寂靜。
break/shatter the silence
A loud scream shattered the silence.
一聲高聲尖叫打破了沉寂。
2  no talking 不說話 [countableC, uncountableU] complete quiet because nobody is talking 沉默，緘默
There was a brief silence before anyone answered.
沉默了片刻才有人回答。
in silence
The four men sat in silence.
這四個人一聲不吭地坐着。
complete/total/dead silence
‘How long have you been here?’ I asked. There was complete silence.
“你在這裏多久了？”我問。 回答我的是徹底的沉默。
‘Silence in court!’ roared the judge.
“法庭上請保持肅靜！”法官吼道。
embarrassed/awkward/stunned etc silence
There was an awkward silence between them.
他們之間出現一陣令人尴尬的沉默。
The accused exercised his right to silence (=the legal right to choose to say nothing).
被告行使了沉默權。
3  no discussion/answer 沒有討論/回答 [uncountableU]TALK2# failure or refusal to discuss something or answer questions about something 保持沉默；拒絕回答
silence on
The government’s silence on such an important issue seems very strange.
政府在如此重大的問題上保持沉默，顯得很奇怪。
Once again the answer was a deafening silence (=a very noticeable refusal to discuss something).
回答又是徹底的沉默。
4  no communication 沒有交流 [uncountableU]CONTACT SB# failure to write a letter to someone, telephone them etc 無音信，失去聯系
After two years of silence, he suddenly got in touch with us again.
兩年杳無音信之後，他突然又跟我們取得了聯系。
5. one-minute/two-minute etc silence MXa period of time in which everyone stops talking as a sign of honour and respect towards someone who has died 默哀一分鐘/兩分鐘等
n COLLOCATIONS – Meanings 1 & 2
adjectives
complete/total/absolute/utter silence
They sat in complete silence.
The silence in the room was absolute.
dead silence (=complete silence)
There was a gasp from Peter and then a dead silence.
a long silence
‘He’s dead.’ There was a long silence.
a short/brief silence
After a brief silence, Katherine nodded.
an awkward/uncomfortable/embarrassed silence
‘Fred tells me you like books, ’ Steve said, after an awkward silence.
a stunned/shocked silence
There was a stunned silence at the other end of the phone.
stony silence (=unfriendly silence)
Harrison stared at him in stony silence.
a tense silence
There was a brief, tense silence.
an eerie silence (=one that is strange and rather frightening)
An eerie silence descended over the house.
an ominous silence (=one that makes you feel that something bad is going to happen)
‘How long will she be ill?’ There was a short, ominous silence.
a sudden silence
At the mention of John, a sudden silence fell on the room.
verbs
there is (a) silence
There was silence in the library for several moments.
break/shatter the silence (=end the silence)
The sound of a car engine broke the silence.
disturb the silence (=end the silence by making a sound)
Nothing moved, no sound disturbed the silence.
silence falls/descends (=a silence begins)
A sudden silence fell over the room.
lapse into silence (=to stop talking and be quiet)
'I don't want any, ' he said, and lapsed into silence again.
Examples from the Corpus
silence• Yearn to be surrounded by marble, priceless manuscripts and silence?• "What did you do during the war?" Rob asked. There was a deathly silence, and everyone looked down at the table.• I resented her silence too, it cut me out.• He lit his cigar and we sat in silence for a long moment.• Enigmatically, Boon sits in silence for a while.• There was a long silence before anyone answered.• The school observed a minute of silence in honor of the students who had died.• After years of silence, we were talking on the phone every few weeks.• The only sound to break the silence of the night was the soft mutter of my engine.• Nothing disturbed the silence of the night.• A voice echoed in the silence.• And then silence again and the whole sequence begins anew.
break/shatter the silence• The silence was suddenly broken by a loud scream.• Only the eerie tinkle of leg irons and shouted commands break the silence.• The roar of a furnace engine broke the silence.• The sound of stockinged legs moving across the room finally broke the silence.• A footstep broke the silence and approached to within ten paces of Blackburn and waited.• To go on with the utter silence or to break the silence, pretending nothing had happened.• The only sound to break the silence of the night was the soft mutter of my engine.• The refrigerator hummed its usual little tune to break the silence and Donna drank her coffee.• Her loud wails shattered the silence of the willow grove.
right to silence• Despite these dangers, the right to silence has already been removed in all criminal trials in Northern Ireland.• Controversy exploded around him in 1988 when he appeared on Channel 4 News supporting changes to the right to silence.• Here we are concerned in particular with the right to silence and the right of access to a solicitor.
deafening silence• But while those hotspots are continuously monitored by diplomats and the media, the Chechen misery prompts nothing but a deafening silence.• Once again the answer was a deafening silence.• All that remained on the barren expanse was a deafening silence.• The most extraordinary feature of the Opposition's response has been the deafening silence of their principal spokesman in relation to the proposals.
silence2 ●○○ verb [transitiveT]
1  TALK2#to make someone stop talking, or stop something making a noise 使安靜，使緘默
She held up her hand to silence the children.
她擡手示意孩子們安靜下來。
2  PREVENTto make someone stop expressing opposition or criticisms – used especially in news reports 使封口，壓制 〔反對意見或批評，尤用於新聞報道〕
attempts to silence the rumours
平息謠言的努力
Barnes has failed to silence his critics.
巴恩斯未能封住批評者的嘴巴。
Examples from the Corpus
silence• Opponents of the regime are quickly silenced.• The Mafia uses threats of physical violence or death to silence any opposition.• Fong said nothing; he had started to object but was silenced by more abuse.• The article silenced Diem, who had immediately surmised its source, but it did not sway Taylor.• Reformists allege that the killings were part of a campaign by state-sponsored death squads to silence dissent.• Partick was livid, but Jane squeezed his arm to silence him.• At last, Switzer had a chance to silence his critics.• Then he became angry, and threatened that he would silence me for ever, if I would not agree.• I opened my mouth to speak but she silenced me with an angry look.• Angry residents are suing the church to silence the bell at night.• Police used violence and threats to silence the party's political opponents.

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