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

• He had noticed that for some mysterious reason fee's very presence quelled his sister, put her at a disadvantage.
  不知什么缘故，他注意到菲一出场就会压倒他的姐姐，使她相形见绌。
• Yet all the awards have not quelled her desire to expand her craft.
  然而所有这些大奖并未浇灭她进一步拓展演技的欲望。
• Her words quelled any lingering doubts I had had.
  她的话打消了我心头的重重疑虑。
• Several futile attempts to terrorize the Poseidons were attempted by the Aryans, and each was quelled.
  雅利安人几度徒劳地企图恐吓波塞顿人，但每次都被平息。
• The threat of nuclear terrorism has been quelled.
  核恐怖活动的威胁已经被消除了。
• 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。
• Her father quelled her fears of the thunder.
  她的父亲平定了她对雷声的恐惧。
• Troops eventually quelled the unrest.
  军队最终平息了动乱。
• 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。
• 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。