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新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

mute

英  [mjuːt]
    

[ADJ, VERB]

    ADJ. 形容词
  • 1. 缄默的

    Someone who is mute is silent for a particular reason and does not speak.

    双语例句

    例：

    He was mute, distant, and indifferent.

    他缄默无言，对人疏远而且冷漠。

    2. 哑的

    Someone who is mute is unable to speak.

    双语例句

    例：

    Marianna, the duke's daughter, became mute after a shock.

    公爵的女儿玛丽安娜在一场惊吓之后失语了。

    VERB. 动词

  • mutes , muting , muted

    1. [T 及物动词] 抑制（感情等） , 减弱（行动的力度等）

    If someone mutes something such as their feelings or their activities, they reduce the strength or intensity of them.

    双语例句

    例：

    The corruption does not seem to have muted the country's prolonged economic boom.

    腐败看来没有减缓该国持续的经济繁荣。

    2. [T 及物动词] 降低（声音）

    If you mute a noise or sound, you lower its volume or make it less distinct.

    双语例句

    例：

    They begin to mute their voices, not be as assertive.

    他们开始放低嗓门，不再那么肯定了。

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