VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITIONVERBS➤be, seem沉默;看似安靜▸➤become, fall, go, grow變得安靜;陷入沉默◇The crowd fell silent as she began to speak.她開始說話時,人群安靜了下來。◇The room grew silent as the men entered.這些人一進來房間裏就變得鴉雀無聲。➤keep, lie, remain, sit, stand, stay保持沉默;一片寂靜;靜靜地坐着;一言不發地站着◇I could not keep silent any longer.我再也不能保持沉默了。◇The street lay silent and deserted.街上空無一人,一片寂靜。◇She sat silent throughout the meal.吃飯時她靜靜地坐着,沒說一句話。ADVERB➤absolutely, completely, dead (informal, especially NAmE) , entirely, perfectly, totally, utterly寂靜無聲;鴉雀無聲;死一樣沉寂;萬籟俱寂;很安靜▸➤almost, nearly, virtually幾近無聲◇The new bus is virtually silent.新公共汽車幾乎沒有噪聲。➤largely, mostly大部份人都保持沉默◇an issue about which the researchers are largely silent研究人員大都保持沉默的話題➤notably, remarkably尤其/特別安靜▸➤curiously, uncharacteristically, unusually稀奇地安靜;異樣地沉默;不尋常地安靜▸➤deadly, eerily, oddly, strangely, unnaturally死一樣地沉寂;可怕地沉寂;出奇地靜;反常地安靜◇The street was strangely silent.這條街道異常地安靜。➤ominously不祥地寂靜◇This is a subject about which the official documents are ominously silent.這個話題官方文件避而不談,不是個祥兆。➤resolutely, stubbornly堅決不作聲;固執地保持沉默◇Len remained resolutely silent.萊恩固執地一言不發。PREPOSITION➤about就⋯保持緘默◇They had kept remarkably silent about their intentions.對於他們的意圖,他們一直沒有透露過一個字。➤on對⋯隻字不提◇The report was silent on that subject.報告對那個問題隻字未提。