silencing
present participle ofsilence
| 单词 | silencing |
| 释义 | silencing present participle ofsilence silence verb[T] uk/ˈsaɪ.ləns/us/ˈsaɪ.ləns/to make someone or something bequiet: Theteacherraisedhisvoiceto silence theclass(= to make themstoptalking). Herremarkabout hisappearancecompletelysilenced him(= made himunabletoanswer). figurativeThe enemy'sgunswere silenced(= made tostopfiring)in asurpriseattack. topreventsomeone fromexpressingtheirviewsor fromcriticizingoropposingsomeone: Bigcompaniesfilelawsuitsto silencetheircritics. The more theytryto silence us, the more we willspeakout. Al Capone silenced hisopponentsbykillingthem. Falling silent and not speaking
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Preventing and impeding Examplesofsilencingsilencing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. That loan was effectivelysilencingone who would otherwise have been his chief opponent. From theCambridge English Corpus Although the language of equal opportunity is pervasive, the ideals of democratization may nevertheless operate as a potent form ofsilencingwith variable results. From theCambridge English Corpus Silencing, so broadly understood, like illocutionar y disablement, is not even a bad thing per se, much less a violation of rights. From theCambridge English Corpus But perlocutionar y success is not what is supposed to be at issue in thesilencingargument. From theCambridge English Corpus But this apparent advantage also brings the disadvantage of effectivelysilencingher. From theCambridge English Corpus But did spectatorial silence, along with a lack of stage smiles, really usher in thesilencingof opera itself? From theCambridge English Corpus Silencingthe voice, film divides the senses; dividing the senses, it reveals a fundamental division in opera itself. From theCambridge English Corpus The reader learns that apomixis can be viewed as an altered form of sexuality that might involve paternal genesilencing. From theCambridge English Corpus These analyses failed to detect any endogenous antisense transcripts, which might be involved in epigenetic genesilencing. From theCambridge English Corpus It legitimizes dogmatism andsilencingof the opposition. From theCambridge English Corpus The distance between suchsilencingand the use of violence to suppress a political philosophy which a government finds inconvenient is even shorter. From theCambridge English Corpus What is so bad about illocutionar ysilencing, so understood? From theCambridge English Corpus He must reassert his authority bysilencingher threatening speech and insisting on his verbal command of the conversation. From theCambridge English Corpus One might well conclude that this is a good reason not to understandsilencingso capaciously. From theCambridge English Corpus Of course, advocates of thesilencingargument need not accept liberal premises; and one suspects that, in fact, they do not. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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