subdue

[美]/səbˈdjuː/
[英]/səbˈduː/
词频: 极高

释义

vt. 征服;抑制;减轻
词形变化
过去分词subdued
第三人称单数subdues
现在分词subduing
过去式subdued
复数subdues

例句

Breakfast was a very subdued affair.

早餐吃得很压抑。

a subdued plaid shirt.

色调柔和的方格衬衫。

The country was subdued by the enemy.

这个国家被敌人征服了。

There is a subdued atmosphere in the school at exam time.

在考试期间,学校里有一种压抑的氛围。

she managed to subdue an instinct to applaud.

她终于克制住鼓掌的冲动。

Charles went on a campaign to subdue the Saxons.

查理大帝发起了征服撒克逊人的战役。

I felt strangely subdued as I drove home.

我驱车回家时感到莫名的郁闷。

Where whenas death shall all the world subdue,

当死亡征服整个世界,

Subdued my excitement about the upcoming holiday.

克制我那因即将到来的节日而产生的兴奋

Farmers subdued the arid lands of Australia.

农民们开垦了澳大利亚贫瘠的土地

The subdued talk in the room faded down.

屋里低声的谈话安静下来了。

She tried to subdue her anger.

她尽力压制自己的怒火。

I felt strangely subdued when it was all over.

一切都结束的时候,我却有一种奇怪的压抑感。

His soothing words subdued her fears.

他的安慰话减轻了她的恐惧。

She was dressed in grey and looked suitably subdued.

她身穿灰色衣服,看上去颜色柔和,很得体。

The vainglorious presence of Marilyn Monroe is placed alongside the subdued countenance of Mother Theresa, Che Guevara glares vehemently in opposition to the pacifistic visage of Mahatma Gandhi.

玛莉莲•梦露虚荣的存在同特丽莎修女的慈善面容并置;切•格瓦拉怒目而视,而甘地却平和依旧。

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