quell是什么意思_音标_用法_例句

简单释义：

v. 平息；制止；消除；镇压

n. 〈古〉屠杀

网络 压制；减轻；弹压

变形：

第三人称单数：quells  现在分词：quelling  过去式：quelled  

完整释义：

v.

1.制止,止住,抑制;平息,镇压,把…压下去
2.镇压(叛乱等),压制;平息
3.镇定,消除,减轻(激动、恐惧等)
4.打败,将了一军
5.镇压;消除

n.

1.〔古语〕屠杀

例句：

1. In 1950, the United States joined with United Nations forces in Korea to help quell what many feared as a threat to democracy.
   1950年，美国加入了驻在韩国的联合国部队，以有助于减轻许多人对民主威胁的担心。

2. A shop owner in Qidong said in a phone interview that thousands of riot police had been brought in to quell the unrest.
   启东市一名店主在电话采访中表示，官方调来数以千计的防暴警察以平息这一群体事件。

3. The dollar weakened as the pledge failed to quell speculation that the Fed will announce additional bond purchases at its November meeting.
   美元汇率走软，外界依然猜测美联储将在11月份的会议上宣布额外的债券购买计划。

4. But Chancellor Angela Merkel has been fighting for weeks to quell a rebellion by some of her backbenchers against the EFSF expansion.
   但德国总理默克尔（AngelaMerkel）几周来一直在力图平息部分后座议员对扩大EFSF规模的反对。

5. He could have tried to quell demonstrations early on with sincere offers of reform, but he did not want to be seen as weak.
   他也许曾经尝试过用诚意平息这次示威游行，但因怕视为软弱，又转而选择采取温和的改革方案，却没有说服力。

6. Caribbean police forces were set up in colonial times to catch mango thieves and quell native unrest.
   在殖民时期，设置加勒比海警察是为了抓偷芒果的贼，以及镇压国内动荡。

7. At this point I expected to have to quell a revolt, or at least quieten things down while those who objected to this effrontery walked out.
   那一刻，我预期自己将不得不平息人们的反驳，或者至少在那些反对这种放肆行为的人起身退场之时，让会场平静下来。

8. The inmates captured the officers a week ago after the two officers tried to quell a food fight in the main dining room.
   囚犯在主要餐厅抓住了官员一个星期前在二名官员以后设法荡平食物战斗。