1peaceful situation/manner/feeling局勢安定;心平氣和ADJECTIVE | VERB + CALM | CALM + VERB | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤apparent表面上的平靜◇Under his apparent calm lay real anxiety.他看起來很平靜,其實內心非常不安。➤inner內心的平靜◇the pursuit of inner calm追求內心的寧靜➤uneasy令人不安的平靜▸➤forced強作鎮靜◇With a forced calm she said, 'How do you know?'她強作鎮靜地問道:“你是怎麼知道的?”➤dead死寂◇She felt not fear, but a kind of dead calm.她感到的不是害怕,而是一種死寂。➤deadly, deathly, eerie, icy非常平靜;冷漠而鎮靜◇'I'm calling the police!' he stated with deadly calm.他極其鎮靜地說:“我要叫警察!”VERB + CALM➤appeal for, call for呼籲鎮靜◇The government appealed for calm after the riots broke out.騷亂爆發之後政府呼籲人們鎮靜。➤restore恢復平靜◇Calm had been restored to the capital.首都恢復了平靜。➤maintain, regain保持/恢復鎮靜◇He struggled to maintain his calm as they waited.他們在等待的時候他努力保持鎮靜。➤shatter打破平靜◇The calm was shattered by the sound of an explosion.爆炸聲打破了寧靜。CALM + VERB➤descend, settle平靜來臨◇After the bomb, an uneasy calm settled on the city.爆炸發生後,城裏籠罩着一種令人不安的平靜。PHRASES➤a period of calm一段時間的平靜calm
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2at sea海面ADJECTIVE➤dead, flat (especially BrE) 風平浪靜◇The water was a dead calm.水面風平浪靜。◇Seals basked on boulders in a flat calm.海面風平浪靜,海豹在巨石上曬太陽。calm
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VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESVERBS➤appear, be, feel, look, seem, sound顯得鎮靜;平靜;感覺平靜;看上去鎮靜;好像平靜;聽起來鎮靜◇I may have appeared calm but I certainly didn't feel it.我可能看起來很平靜,但實際上並不感覺如此。➤become變得鎮靜▸➤keep, remain, stay保持鎮靜◇Sit down and keep calm!坐下,保持鎮靜!◇The pilot urged the passengers to remain calm.飛行員力勸乘客保持鎮靜。➤keep sb使某人保持平靜◇Keep the patient calm.讓病人保持平靜。ADVERB➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.極其/相當/非常平靜▸➤remarkably非常鎮靜◇You seem remarkably calm.你看起來極其鎮靜。➤completely, perfectly十分鎮靜◇Her voice was firm and perfectly calm.她的聲音堅定而鎮靜。➤outwardly表面上平靜◇The voice sounded outwardly calm.這聲音表面上聽起來很平靜。➤strangely出奇地平靜◇The pain had receded and he felt strangely calm.痛苦減退了,他感到出奇地平靜。➤dead寂靜無聲◇The sea was dead calm.海上風平浪靜。PREPOSITION➤about對⋯鎮靜◇She seemed pretty calm about it.對於此事,她似乎非常鎮靜。PHRASES➤calm and collected, cool, calm and collected鎮定自若◇He remained at all times cool, calm and collected.他總是鎮定自若。