| 词汇 | quietly |
| 释义 | quietly adverb uk /ˈkwaɪət.li/ us /ˈkwaɪət.li/ B1 without making much noise: 安静地，静悄悄地 I slipped quietly out of the back door.我悄悄地溜出了后门。 He is a quietly spoken, thoughtful man.他是个话语轻柔、体贴周到的人。 in a way that is not obvious to other people because you do not say much: 不声张地 He is quietly confident that there will be no problems this time.他心里暗暗相信这次必定没有问题。 He waited until his daughter was asleep, then tiptoed quietly out of the room.他等女儿睡着后才蹑手蹑脚地悄悄走出了房间。 The lecturer spoke so quietly that he was scarcely audible at the back of the hall.这位讲师的声音太小，坐在礼堂后面的人几乎听不见。 She turned the door knob and quietly opened the door.她转动门把手，悄悄地开了门。 She had some music playing quietly in the background. Everyone was working quietly when, all of a sudden, Andrew started shouting and swearing. Silence & quiet acoustic tile cricket cricketsidiom dead silence deafening deafeningly hushed inaudibly muffle muffled noiseless noiselessly pin-drop quiet quietness radio silence silence silent silently under your breathidiom You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Not saying much quietly | American Dictionaryquietly adverb us/ˈkwɑɪ·ɪt·li/ quietlyadverb (WITHOUT MAKING NOISE)without making much noise: "It’s time," he said quietly. quietlyadverb (WITHOUT ATTRACTING ATTENTION)without attracting attention: The airline quietly increased fares by 10 percent. Examples of quietlyquietly 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. See all examples of quietly 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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