| 词汇 | keep-quiet |
| 释义 | keep something quietphrase to not tell people about something: 保守秘密 They managed to keep the school's problems quiet for a while.他们设法把学校的问题保密了一阵子。 You're a qualified skiing instructor? You kept that quiet!你有滑雪教练资格？你从来没说过！ The company decided to keep the report's findings quiet in case they affected sales. An attack was imminent, but journalists were told to keep it quiet. I'm quitting this job on Friday, but keep it quiet,OK? See also keepverb(STAY) keep (something) quietphrase C2 to try to stop other people from finding out about a fact: （对…）守口如瓶；（对…）保密 keep quiet aboutDavies kept quiet about the amount of money being spent.戴维斯对所花的钱款数额守口如瓶。 She managed to keep the operation quiet for a while.她设法使得该行动在一段时间内保密。 We were told to keep it quiet and not talk about it. Everyone around her was aware of her fragile mental health but they kept it quiet. They tried to keep quiet for as long as they could, but in the end the information was leaked. See also quietadjective keep something quiet | American Dictionarykeep something quietidiom(alsokeep quiet about something) to say nothing about something: She managed to keep the school’s problems quiet for a while. |
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