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

• Sings happiness, the things quiet down.
  唱幸福、曲终人散。
• Classroom immediately quiet down and come up with the heroic men were busy "shield"-book.
  教室立刻安静下来，英雄好汉们忙拿出“挡箭牌”――书。
• Quiet, quiet down, listen quietly together.
  安静，安静下来，一起静静的听。
• Mental health education can quiet down the criminal's correction complain and keep the prison correcting order, meanwhile, it can improve the criminal's quality and adapt themselves to the society after jail.
  开展罪犯心理健康教育是稳定罪犯改造情绪和监狱改造秩序的需要；是提高罪犯素质，适应再社会化后的需要。
• They'll usually quiet down.
  他们通常会安静的。
• The father asked the children to quiet down because the baby was sleeping.
  父亲要孩子们安静下来，因为宝宝正在睡觉。
• How did you get him to quiet down?
  你是怎么把他给摩挲顺了的？
• Liu Jianquan, a26-year-old student at the University of Tsukuba ( an hour's drive from Tokyo), said he sometimes has to call the police to get his Japanese dorm mates to quiet down.
  26岁的刘建全就读于筑波大学（距东京一小时的路程），他说有时候他不得不向警察求助，这样才能让他的那些日本室友安静下来。
• It makes me from the bitterness of gradually quiet down, with the mind to accept things which can not be changed, and then motivate themselves with the courage to change can change things.
  它让我从悲愤中渐渐地安静下来，用胸怀接受了不能改变的事情，然后激励自己用勇气来改变可以改变的事情。
• You just quiet down, my gosling.
  你安静下来，我的小鹅。