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ADJ-GRADED
鎮(zhèn)定的;鎮(zhèn)靜的;冷靜的
A calm person does not show or feel any worry, anger, or excitement.
例句
She is usually a calm and diplomatic woman...
她通常沉著而老練。
Try to keep calm and just tell me what happened...
鎮(zhèn)靜點,告訴我出了什么事。
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VERB
使平靜;使安靜;使鎮(zhèn)定
If you calm someone, you do something to make them feel less angry, worried, or excited.
例句
The ruling party's veterans know how to calm their critics...
執(zhí)政黨的老牌政治家們知道怎樣讓批評他們的人安靜下來。
Tranquilliser drugs were used to calm the deportees...
使用了鎮(zhèn)靜劑來讓被放逐者們安靜下來。
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N-UNCOUNT
平靜;安靜;寧靜
Calm is used to refer to a quiet, still, or peaceful atmosphere in a place.
例句
The house projects an atmosphere of calm and order.
這棟房子透著一種寧靜和整齊感。
...the rural calm of Grand Rapids, Michigan.
密歇根州大急流城田園般的寧靜
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ADJ-GRADED
平靜的;安定的
If someone says that a place is calm, they mean that it is free from fighting or public disorder, when trouble has recently occurred there or had been expected.
例句
The city of Sarajevo appears relatively calm today.
薩拉熱窩城今天顯得相對平靜些。
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VERB
平定;使安定;使有秩序
To calm a situation means to reduce the amount of trouble, violence, or panic there is.
例句
Officials hoped admitting fewer foreigners would calm the situation...
官員們希望通過減少外國人入境的數(shù)量來使局勢平定下來。
Mr Beazer tried to calm the protests by promising to keep the company's base in Pittsburgh.
比澤先生承諾仍將公司總部設(shè)在匹茲堡,以求平息抗議。
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ADJ-GRADED
(水面)平靜的，風(fēng)平浪靜的
If the sea or a lake is calm, the water is not moving very much and there are no big waves.
例句
...as we slid into the calm waters of Cowes Harbour.
當(dāng)我們緩緩駛?cè)肟妓垢燮届o的水面時
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ADJ-GRADED
(天氣)無風(fēng)的
Calm weather is pleasant weather with little or no wind.
例句
Tuesday was a fine, clear and calm day.
星期二天氣晴朗,沒有刮風(fēng)。
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N-COUNT
(帆船比賽中的)靜風(fēng),風(fēng)平浪靜
In sailing, a flat calm or a dead calm is a condition of the sea or the weather in which there is very little wind or movement of the water.
例句
...during flat calms when the water is crystal clear...
在風(fēng)平浪靜、水清澈見底時
We had the whole gamut of wind from a dead calm to a force 10 gale.
我們這里什么風(fēng)都有,從風(fēng)平浪靜到十級大風(fēng)。
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VERB
(海面)平靜;(風(fēng))平息
When the sea calms, it becomes still because the wind stops blowing strongly. When the wind calms, it stops blowing strongly.
例句
Dawn came, the sea calmed but the cold was as bitter as ever.
破曉之際,海面平靜了下來,但是寒冷依舊。
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VERB
鎮(zhèn)(痛);止(癢)
To calm a pain or an itch means to reduce it or get rid of it.
例句
...more traditional methods of soothing the skin and calming the itch.
更加傳統(tǒng)的護膚止癢方法
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PHRASE
風(fēng)暴前的平靜
You can use the calm before the storm to refer to a quiet period in which there is little or no activity, before a period in which there is a lot of trouble or intense activity.