silence be reticent keep silent
The officials maintained a wall of silence around the talks.
官员们对于会谈情况保持缄默。
—— 给力词典精选We should not pass over this disgraceful affair in silence.
我们不应对这件可耻的事保持缄默。
—— 给力词典精选Detectives have run into a conspiracy of silence in the tight-knit communities of the peninsula.
侦探们犯了难,半岛上各个群体抱成一团,达成了保持缄默的密约。
—— 柯林斯例句Note how Telemachus in the Odyssey silences his mother.
只要读一下《奥德赛》,就可以看到特里曼珠是怎样打断他母亲的话并要求她缄默。
—— 给力词典精选And it was possible that her reserve concealed a very deep feeling.
在她的缄默后面也可能隐藏着深挚的感情。
—— 辞典例句