calmer

[kɑ:mə]
  • adj.

    (水面)平静的( calm的比较级 );(天气)无风的;镇定的;宁静的;


  • 词义辨析

    calm, peaceful, quiet, silent, still

    这组形容词共同的意思是“安静”“平静”“寂静”。它们的区别在于:
    1.在修饰环境时各词所指的状态为:calm指风平浪静; peaceful指没有战争或骚乱; quiet指没有吵闹干扰; still指完全没有声音。例如:
    The sea was calm yesterday.昨天海水是平静的。
    Countries should settle their disputes by peaceful means.各国应通过和平手段解决他们的争端。
    Differences among them could have been reconciled by them through peaceful consultations.他们中间的分歧本来可以由他们和平协商调解。
    He had a bad headache and needed being quiet.他头疼得厉害,需要安静。
    Everything was deadly still.万籁俱寂。
    2.在修饰人时:calm指人心平气和,毫不激动; peaceful表示“安详的”“温和的”; quiet指性情温和、安静等,有时也指人的闲散或不活动; still指“一动不动”; silent侧重“沉默”“不说话”,但不一定不动。例如:
    The teacher is peaceful when the student appeared.当这个学生出现时,这个老师很温和。
    We should keep quiet in the hospital.在医院里我们应该保持安静。
    His hands were never still.他的双手一刻也不停。
    We've been silent for too long. It's time to speak out.我们沉默得太久了,现在是大胆地发表意见的时候了。
    She sat silent in her own room.她在自己的房间里一动不动地坐着。

    calm, compose

    这组词共同的意思是“平静”。它们的区别是:
    compose着重指“动作”,即控制自己的思想情绪或感情,使其“平静”; 而calm着重指“状态”,即镇定而显不出迷惑或兴奋。

    calm, quieten, settle

    这三个词都有“(使)镇定”的意思。它们之间的差别是:
    1.calm强调了先前混乱的状态,然后靠判断力、意志或信仰而恢复正常。
    2.settle指采取某种措施、安排而平息了激动或兴奋,使思想和身体处于一种轻松状态。例如:
    A vacation will settle your nerves.休假可镇定你的神经。
    A word from his father was enough to settle him.他父亲的一句话就足以使他安静下来。
    The music will settle my disordered brain.音乐会使我纷乱的心情得到安定。
    Have a brandy. It will settle your nerves.喝点白兰地吧,它会使你镇定下来。
    Her soft words settled his agitated mind.她的温柔的话语使他焦虑的思绪平静下来。
    I'll read a bit before supper to settle my mind.我在晚餐之前读读书使心情平静。
    3.quieten强调言谈举止方面外在的暂时平静。例如:
    The children were shouting, but they soon quietened down.孩子们大叫大嚷着,但一会儿就安静了下来。

    quiet,calm,silent,still,noiseless,peaceful,serene

    这些形容词都含“平静的,无声无息”之意。
    quiet普通用词,指没有喧闹、活动或骚乱的寂静状态。
    calm普通用词,既可指天气、海洋等的平静状态,又可指人的镇定沉着、不慌乱,不受外界影响和情绪支配。
    silent普通用词,指缄默不语或无声无息。
    still指平静而又安定的状态。
    noiseless指无任何噪音或不出声,无声无息。
    peaceful普通用词,指一种不受外物扰乱和刺激的内在宁静或和平状态。
    serene(诗)纯静,清朗。

  • 双语例句
1、

I ought to have said it to her in a calmer mood.

我应当以更安静一些的语气对她说那件事的.

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2、

Try to let your mind go blank, then you will feel calmer.

试试让咱己无思无虑, 你就会感到平静些.

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3、

Bass says . It helps me be calmer about dealing with Wall Street.

它让我在跟华尔街的人打交道的时候能更平静.

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Thus every sunrise found her calmer, breathing better, less pale.

每天的朝阳都发现她更为安静平和, 呼吸得更好, 更不那麽苍白.

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I felt calmer than when we were moving towards it.

我的心情比向它驶近时平静.

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In the cup the sea is calmer.

在杯状海湾里,海要平静一些.

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Indeed, the Zeppelin flied at night, because the air was calmer then.

实际上, 这艘齐柏林飞船一直也都是夜间作业, 因为夜间的空气更平稳些.

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Wait until things are calmer to make your point.

但事情平息后你再表达看法.

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If we play with her and tire her out, she'll be calmer.

她只是一只小猫, 所以特别需要别人注意她.

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Wu Sun - fu was calmer now.

吴荪甫的一颗心也定下来了.

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So much enforced reasoning had hold on Wilson's rage, he was calmer.

如此有力的说理,对平息威尔逊的怒气产生了效果, 他稍平静了一些.

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Rachel looked calmer and more rational now.

雷切尔现在看上去更加平静、更加理智了。

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She sank within a few days into a calmer melancholy.

她沉浸在一种比较平静的忧郁的情绪之中了.

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You are calmer now since you third and fourth OBE's.

因为你的第三、四次出窍而使你较平静.

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The doctor slapped the hysterical child to make him calmer.

医生拍了拍那个歇斯底里发作的孩子,使他静下来.

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