quell是什麼意思_音標_用法_例句

簡單釋義：

v. 平息；制止；消除；鎮壓

n. 〈古〉屠殺

網絡 壓制；減輕；彈壓

變形：

第三人稱單數：quells  現在分詞：quelling  過去式：quelled  

完整釋義：

v.

1.制止,止住,抑制;平息,鎮壓,把…壓下去
2.鎮壓(叛亂等),壓制;平息
3.鎮定,消除,減輕(激動、恐懼等)
4.打敗,將了一軍
5.鎮壓;消除

n.

1.〔古語〕屠殺

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，美國加入了駐在韓國的聯合國部隊，以有助於減輕許多人對民主威脅的擔心。

2. A shop owner in Qidong said in a phone interview that thousands of riot police had been brought in to quell the unrest.
   啟東市一名店主在電話採訪中表示，官方調來數以千計的防暴警察以平息這一群體事件。

3. The dollar weakened as the pledge failed to quell speculation that the Fed will announce additional bond purchases at its November meeting.
   美元匯率走軟，外界依然猜測美聯儲將在11月份的會議上宣布額外的債券購買計劃。

4. But Chancellor Angela Merkel has been fighting for weeks to quell a rebellion by some of her backbenchers against the EFSF expansion.
   但德國總理默克爾（AngelaMerkel）幾周來一直在力圖平息部分后座議員對擴大EFSF規模的反對。

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.
   他也許曾經嘗試過用誠意平息這次示威遊行，但因怕視為軟弱，又轉而選擇採取溫和的改革方案，卻沒有說服力。

6. Caribbean police forces were set up in colonial times to catch mango thieves and quell native unrest.
   在殖民時期，設置加勒比海警察是為了抓偷芒果的賊，以及鎮壓國內動蕩。

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，我預期自己將不得不平息人們的反駁，或者至少在那些反對這种放肆行為的人起身退場之時，讓會場平靜下來。

8. The inmates captured the officers a week ago after the two officers tried to quell a food fight in the main dining room.
   囚犯在主要餐廳抓住了官員一個星期前在二名官員以後設法蕩平食物戰鬥。