单词 | quell |
释义 | quell (kwel ) Word forms: quells , quelling , quelled 1. verb To quell opposition or violent behaviour means to stop it. Troops eventually quelled the unrest. [VERB noun] Synonyms: suppress, crush, put down, defeat 2. verb If you quell an unpleasant feeling such as fear or anger, you stop yourself or other people from having that feeling. The Information Minister is trying to quell fears of a looming oil crisis. [VERB noun] Synonyms: calm, quiet, silence, moderate Collocations: quell a rebellion Which seems less like a masterstroke than a tricky compromise hastily designed to quell a rebellion. The Sun But they do admit they are making little headway in trying to quell this rebellion, and that they are heading for a loss. The Sun By some accounts, up to 10,000 soldiers and police were brought in to quell the rebellion. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Around 25,000 troops were deployed to quell the rebellion. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Hoping to disperse the rebellion before any real damage could be done, the king sent a small host of his royal contingents to quell the rebellion. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Police launched tear gas to quell the riot. Times, Sunday Times The outnumbered police tried to quell the riot with tear gas, but the canisters were thrown back at them. Times, Sunday Times Paterfamilias (a person of greater social conscience than me) goes next door to quell the riot. Globe and Mail But their way was blocked by cops trying to quell the riot. The Sun The specially-trained staff confronted them at 4.15am, managing to quell the riot without police intervention. The Sun He arrives in time to help the local city guard quell the uprising, and slowly begins taking control of its affairs. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Again, it ended in failure, but it took 11 years to quell the uprising. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His first task was to quell the uprisings in the region. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They grew so intense that the military was called in to quell the uprisings. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He also closed several independent radio stations, and deployed police units and army guards to quell the uprisings. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Meditation, holistic therapies and practising selfacceptance can all help to quell anxiety and stress. Times, Sunday Times Yet these same arguments for delay are never used to quell anxiety about public debt. Times, Sunday Times However, this has never quelled anxiety in some quarters about pachinko and its effects on society. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 镇压 Japanese: 鎮める |
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