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calm
kɑːm kɑm Word forms: comparative calmer, superlative calmest, plural , 3rd person singular present tense calms, present participle calming, past tense , past participle calmed 1 ADJ-GRADED 镇定的;镇静的;冷静的 A calm person does not show or feel any worry, anger, or excitement. 镇定的;镇静的;冷静的 -
She is usually a calm and diplomatic woman. 她通常沉着而老练。 -
Try to keep calm and just tell me what happened. 镇静点,告诉我出了什么事。 -
She sighed, then continued in a soft, calm voice. 她叹了口气,然后继续用温柔、平静的声音说下去。 -
Diane felt very calm and unafraid as she saw him off the next morning. 黛安娜第二天早上送他走的时候,内心很平静,也不害怕。 SYN cool, relaxed, composed, sedate calmly -
Alan looked at him and said calmly, 'I don't believe you.' 艾伦看着他,平静地说:“我不相信你说的话。” -
Hungary, by contrast, reacted calmly to events in Yugoslavia. 相比之下,匈牙利对南斯拉夫发生的一系列事件反应平静。 2 VERB 使平静;使安静;使镇定 If you calm someone, you do something to make them feel less angry, worried, or excited. 使平静;使安静;使镇定 -
The ruling party's veterans know how to calm their critics. [VERB noun] 执政党的老牌政治家们知道怎样让批评他们的人安静下来。 -
Tranquilliser drugs were used to calm the deportees. [VERB noun] 使用了镇静剂来让被放逐者们安静下来。 -
She was breathing quickly and tried to calm herself. [VERB pronoun-reflexive] 她呼吸急促,尽力让自己平静下来。 -
Some people say smoking calms your nerves. [VERB noun] 有人说,吸烟可以放松神经。 3 N-UNCOUNT 平静;安静;宁静 Calm is used to refer to a quiet, still, or peaceful atmosphere in a place. 平静;安静;宁静 -
The house projects an atmosphere of calm and order. 这栋房子透着一种宁静和整齐感。 -
...the rural calm of Grand Rapids, Michigan. [+ of] 密歇根州大急流城田园般的宁静 SYN stillness, peace, quiet, hush 4 ADJ-GRADED [usually verb-link ADJ] 平静的;安定的 If someone says that a place is calm, they mean that it is free from fighting or public disorder, when trouble has recently occurred there or had been expected. 平静的;安定的 [journalism] SYN peaceful, quiet, tranquil, undisturbed Calm is also a noun. -
Community and church leaders have appealed for calm and no retaliation. 社区和教会领袖呼吁各方保持冷静,不要采取报复行动。 -
An uneasy calm is reported to be prevailing in the area. 据报道,该地区弥漫着一种令人不安的平静。 5 VERB 平定;使安定;使有秩序 To calm a situation means to reduce the amount of trouble, violence, or panic there is. 平定;使安定;使有秩序 -
Officials hoped admitting fewer foreigners would calm the situation. [VERB noun] 官员们希望通过减少外国人入境的数量来使局势平定下来。 -
Mr Beazer tried to calm the protests by promising to keep the company's base in Pittsburgh. [VERB noun] 比泽先生承诺仍将公司总部设在匹兹堡,以求平息抗议。 SYN placate, hush, pacify, mollify 6 ADJ-GRADED (水面)平静的，风平浪静的 If the sea or a lake is calm, the water is not moving very much and there are no big waves. (水面)平静的，风平浪静的 7 ADJ-GRADED (天气)无风的 Calm weather is pleasant weather with little or no wind. (天气)无风的 8 N-COUNT (帆船比赛中的)静风,风平浪静 In sailing, a flat calm or a dead calm is a condition of the sea or the weather in which there is very little wind or movement of the water. (帆船比赛中的)静风,风平浪静 [technical] 9 VERB (海面)平静;(风)平息 When the sea calms, it becomes still because the wind stops blowing strongly. When the wind calms, it stops blowing strongly. (海面)平静;(风)平息 10 VERB 镇(痛);止(痒) To calm a pain or an itch means to reduce it or get rid of it. 镇(痛);止(痒) 11 PHRASE 风暴前的平静 You can use the calm before the storm to refer to a quiet period in which there is little or no activity, before a period in which there is a lot of trouble or intense activity. 风暴前的平静 | Thesaurus | calm Also look up: | | ADJ. | cool-headed, laid-back, relaxed; (ant.) excited, upset 1 mild, peaceful, placid, serene, tranquil; (ant.) rough 1 4 |
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