| 词汇 | calm-before-the-storm |
| 释义 | the calm before the stormidiom a quiet or peaceful period before a period during which there is great activity, argument, or difficulty: 暴风雨前的平静（指重大活动、激烈辩论或灾难发生之前的平静） I like to get everything done before the guests arrive and relax for a moment in the calm before the storm.我喜欢在客人到来之前把什么都做好，然后利用暴风雨前那一刻的平静让自己放松一下。 Peaceful and tranquil balm beatitude consonance coolness dust incident lull non-militant peaceable peaceably peacefully quieten restfulness sequestered sleepiness sleepy soothing soothingly the dust settlesidiom the lull before the stormidiom Examples of the calm before the stormthe calm before the storm There is a calm just now; thecalmbeforethestorm. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Usually we have thecalmbeforethestorm; on this occasion we have had the storm before the calm. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But we must watch out - it could be thecalmbeforethestorm, because there is every sign of a storm brewing. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English To me it looks like thecalmbeforethestorm. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Even if we took the report at face value, the present position is like thecalmbeforethestorm, or the last flush coming to a dying man's cheeks. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 So, if by good fortune this is not yet a serious affliction, who can deny that, if nothing is done, this is only thecalmbeforethestorm? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There was no relaxation of our preparations throughout the whole of that period, and the calm, if it can be called a calm, was thecalmbeforethestorm. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, it is usually thecalmbeforethestorm or in this case before the rainy season. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. She is quietly attractive, and most important, she really shines in thecalmbeforethestorm. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The title refers to the popular phrase thecalmbeforethestorm. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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