| 词汇 | example_english_quietly |
| 释义 | Examples of quietlyThese 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. In this apartment ad, a single woman in a casual outfit drinks coffee while listening to music quietly in her beautiful apartment. Most people browsed books but listened quietly while doing so. As such, discourses of ' helpless victims ' could enable women quietly but persistently to undermine traditional expectations and make political gains. At some point in the 1950s, most manufacturers quietly omitted the wheels. The seminar quietly finessed the definitional question, not without a few polite demurs. There's something quietly satisfying about rescuing fine articles from obscurity and running together quite different arguments unexpectedly. The book makes an important contribution to the literature on a cohort that will not fade quietly into retirement. They acknowledge the veterans carrying the flags, who stand quietly, nodding, growing weary of their burdens. Were they quietly compliant or did they show resistance, and, if so how was this resistance countered? In laboratories on either side of the continent, a small group of computer scientists was quietly changing the future of communications. We may be used to viewing art in silence, walking quietly from one room to another, but contemporary art is an exception. I participated in the activities, and either engaged in conversation with each participant or just sat with them quietly. She sat quietly, hands folded in her lap. As they spoke quietly among themselves, she could sense in some their unease; in some, anticipation; and, in others, desperation. During the actual task, the administrator sat quietly a short distance from the child and took notes about the session. Coded: 1, out of seat, body constantly in motion; 2, much movement; 3, some squirming; 4, sits quietly. King describes a contemporary climate amongst practising psychoanalysts in which colleagues would only quietly ' confess ' to working with patients who were over 40 years old. They can quietly continue a programme of disinvestment in good quality housing. Since all the algorithms considered below are polymorphic, the data function plays no essential part in the calculations, so we will quietly ignore it. The groups are told to turn to the first account and read it quietly to themselves, considering which features they think are reflective. Her emotional state can best be described as comfortable and quietly joyous - about herself, her surroundings, and her life. Most will conjure up images of a dour collection of mostly older folk, sitting quietly in a plain room. Others sat quietly, listening, watching, soaking it all up. Predictably, it is this quietly resisting voice, however frail at first, that will win out in the end. Trees were approached quietly, and any animal seen feeding was observed (for as long as possible if they were primates) and recorded. Everything was done 'quietly and privately', and at no stage were the debentures placed on the open market. Perhaps future generations have overcome the irreversibility of time problem and are quietly manipulating policy to their own ends. In small populations, diseases would more likely quietly die out as death and immunity exhausted the supply of susceptible individuals. Outside every polling station, several hundreds of men and women were gathered, sitting quietly on the ground with their backs turned against the polling station. The whole unfortunate affair would be very neatly and quietly swept beneath the carpet. They should wash their hands, gargle and recite the bismillah before eating and then take small portions that they chew thoroughly but quietly. To what degree should we expect young children to have difficulty sitting still quietly and attentively at a classroom desk for 6 hours a day? Actual texts, books, just sit there on our shelves, quietly, irrespective of what we do. Thinking about these artists and their music highlights two significant patterns and a third that develops quietly, but insistently, in the background. The piece starts quietly and the audience follows the slow progress of the tape spool and loop across the floor. One couldn't talk quietly with him and that is what one needs in such a moment. I would never have expected her to do anything quietly, least of all dying. In the domain of work, "street subsistence workers" quietly take over public thoroughfares to conduct their business on the vast parallel economy. We detect that the strong hypothesis has been quietly dropped and a much weaker substitute put in its place. Since the judge has a duty to be decisive, he quietly resigns himself to an insincere verdict. Realizations wait f or you, ly ing quietly in their timeless omnipresence throughout medic ine, instructing as the personal narrative that is human illness. He certainly submitted to the decreed punishment quietly, but he also defied them. They can talk incessantly and have difficulty playing quietly. Students are busy doing schoolwork while the teacher is writing quietly at his desk. The scandal sent a shockwave through the entire clan and was dealt with quietly. The days of sitting quietly in a well-appointed laboratory measuring potshards are largely gone. In an effort to prevent controversy, the administration quietly acquiesced in the new political reality. People have prima facie rights to pursue the careers of their choice, and also prima facie rights quietly to enjoy their property. The cool blue-white light quietly marks the transformation of the tower when the bell sounds have ceased. They (the people) speak slowly, and they speak quietly, and have a lilt that echoes the movement of slow moving water. At most of these events, the accepted behaviour of the audience is to sit quietly and listen to the music intently. However, the focus gets quietly extended later in the same document. He is in his office one morning with the radio quietly playing in the background. Thus, if a student used the word quiet, it was assumed that the student also knew the word quietly and vice versa. The exhibition quietly invites such multiple readings of many of its objects. The shepherd assembles his flock: near his hut at night, and there it lies quietly till morning. Her situation is, in many ways, untenable: having risen up, she can no longer submit quietly to her fate. What of believers of all stripes who quietly take umbrage to, and courteously protest, the expressions of disdain for their faith that they encounter when among antireligious company? The nature of territorial representation quietly changed when district lines no longer matched existing communities; when small jurisdictional lines ceased to define a distinct constituency for national representation. However, in so doing, they have quietly reinscribed an essential archaeological subject as a locus of analysis and as a foundation for contemporar y political action. Elderly patients ; still clean and sitting quietly. Long after the riots ended and the ban was in place, women quietly took out their calicos, wearing them when they could, looking for equivalent substitutes as these became available. In this way the system could rapidly ramp up for the duration of the housing 'emergency', and then quietly disband at small political or social cost. Quietly, firmly and without fuss or bother, she radiated an aura of compromise, of tact and of understanding which were perhaps the most central characteristics of her personality. Because the congressional calendar was typically overloaded with legislative initiatives in lame-duck sessions, majority-party leaders could compel party members to support their bills as a group, quickly and quietly. He always shook his head quietly. Industry representatives were considerably less active in congressional testimony after the spill, again adopting a defensive strategy in hopes that the event would be quietly addressed and quickly forgotten. Finally, provider motivation is relevant not only at the time when contract tenders and quality standards are specified, after which the matter can be quietly shelved until contract renewal. Small wonder that the direct election of the prime minister was quietly relegated to the dust bin of history in the wake of the 2001 election. Yes, and the ending is quietly optimistic. Walked slowly and quietly showed the way. Talk of shame quietly persisted. Once the judiciary places her in the custody of her guardian she is either married off quickly and quietly or disposed off equally quickly and quietly. Hyperactive delir ious patients are more likely to attract medical and nursing attention than those who are quietly delirious, who may be erroneously considered as depressed or demented. One is the way of patient investigation and research and if the evidence finally destroys the scientist's pet theory he must quietly submit and look for another one. Practice-based research networks were quietly in evidence. Elderly patients : still clean and sitting quietly. The virtuosity of its writing is apparent from the opening bars, with the high violin lines entering after the music has emerged quietly from the depths. Just before the final gusty bars blow out the music, there is a brief recollection of the previous movement's mood of ominous calm, a quietly effective gesture. In the same car crash, this person is more likely to sit quietly on the curb, worrying about the permanence of the bloodstain on their shirt. Thus, suppose we accept the principles that people have a right to pursue careers of their choice, and that people have a right quietly to enjoy their property. The amplified molto vibrato g flat tone persists, however, in the background of the senza vibrato tone, although very quietly. I got up and quietly bolted the door. In the event the crowd left quietly when the police arrived. They evoke the munificence of the earth, the elegiac routine of seasons and a long family line, and quietly glorify the vernacular. The necessary exchange rate changes could be achieved moreflexiblyand quietly through the market outside the system than in an enlarged snake. In a compliance system, the" good" officer is one who gets results quietly and efficiently. Then he shakes her arm (which is resting on his leg) and vocalizes quietly. At their foot is found a natural spring splashing from the rockface; its sacred role is quietly stated by a sheltering canopy. They were sure that these issues were best handled quietly, preferably by the government. The parent was asked to sit quietly with her eyes closed to ensure that she did not influence the infant's direction of gaze. All of the songs are sung very quietly with little overt expression. If people remained quietly in the view of the breeding groups for several minutes, heart rate decreased again. Western nations are quietly supporting private security groups which help to further their own political goals. Her eyes fell on the old man, who, with his hands folded, quietly looked on. Both ideological near-reversals occurred relatively quietly, and both had serious implications for the practice of science. 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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