| 词汇 | quelling |
| 释义 | quelling present participle ofquell quell verb[ T ] uk /kwel/ us /kwel/ to stop something, especially by using force: （尤指通过武力）制止，平息;镇压 Police in riot gear were called in to quell the disturbances/unrest.身着防暴服的警察被召来平息骚乱。 This latest setback will have done nothing to quell the growing doubts about the future of the club.最近这次挫折对消除人们对俱乐部前景与日俱增的疑虑没有一点好处。 Causing something to end abandon abandonment all good things (must) come to an endidiom and have done with itidiom be over the humpidiom brake cure give over halt hang jack something in kill something stone-deadidiom lay lid snap snuff something out stamp on something stamp something out stanch staunch Examples of quellingquelling In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. When would it have been the most useful in cultivating desirable affiliations or quelling potential animosities between groups? Quelling idealist inspired onslaughts, it helped the poor law to appear less manipulative than the radically reformist options and secure a degree of popular support. Like the fictional characters, singers suffered discursive and physical quelling. Nixon's 1969 "silent majority" speech was effective in temporarily quelling the antiwar movement. I think there is no more distasteful duty you can ask a soldier to perform than to lake part in quelling civil riots. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are daily protests about bad food, clothing and conditions, and governors and staff become expert at quelling such problems. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He would probably have difficulty in quelling six or even five. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I did this because it is possible to believe that an officer might have difficulty in quelling trouble created by more than two people. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In my view it is entirely the uncertainty, or rather the quelling of the uncertainty, which caused that slight rise which has been mentioned. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These detainees were not sentenced to corporal punishment but were injured during the quelling of an incipient riot in which they were participating. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These garrisons are chiefly occupied in quelling disturbances, enforcing payment of taxes, and other duties of a similar nature. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is the kind of threat that we are talking about quelling. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Suppose trouble were to arise in those parts, who is responsible for quelling it, and who pays for it? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The fire service's role has nothing to do with quelling civil disturbances. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In quelling that riot, are the troops on active service and liable to the disciplinary punishments which prevail when people are on active service? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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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