mute, dumb, speechless
dumb一般指根本没有说话能力,常指动物; mute 强调为某种原因而沉默; speechless 指哑口无言的。
dumb，mute
这两个形容词均有“哑的，不能说话的”之意。
dumb可与mute换用，但dumb指原本没有说话能力或失去了说话能力。
mute多指因后天疾病而引起的聋哑，有时也指因故不说话。
- 词义辨析
- 双语例句
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The house seemed muted, hushed as if it had been deserted.
房子里似乎悄然无声，安静得好像已经没人在住一样。
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"Yes," he muttered, his voice so muted I hardly heard his reply.
他小声说：“是。”声音低得我几乎听不到。
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The walls were painted in muted tones to show the pictures to good advantage.
墙面被漆成了淡色调，以突出照片。
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The strings are muted throughout the closing bars of the symphony.
该交响曲结束部分各节中的弦乐全为弱化音.
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The corruption does not seem to have muted the country's prolonged economic boom.
腐败似乎没有影响国家经济的持续繁荣。
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These physical and neural changes can lead to muted signals to the circadian system.
这些生理上和神经上的改变能引起沉默信号传递给生理节奏系统.
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A muted electronic chime sounded upstairs as Silas stepped onto the carpet.
当他从地毯上走过时,楼上的电子钟骤然响了起来.
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There were muted cheers from the public gallery.
旁听席传出了轻微的欢呼声。
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Bottle Sickness: A temporary condition characterized by muted or disjointed fruit flavors.
瓶伤: 葡萄酒出现的暂时性状况如无生气或果味混乱.
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But the league table dictates they are muted celebrations.
但联赛积分榜却让他们高兴不起来.
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But recovery in demand from other regions remained muted.
但其它地区的需求复苏仍然疲软.
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China , the North's fraternal neighbour , a muted response, urging restraint from both countries.
朝鲜友邻中国做出低调反应, 敦促双方保持克制.
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At first the wooded hillsides muted the sounds.
最初长满树木的山坡吸收了噪音。
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They spoke in muted voices.
他们轻声说着话。
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Muted, or dull, sounds between the cavities could be an indicator of a buildup of fluid.
沉静的或沉闷的可能提示液体的聚积.
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This is because colors tend to become more muted over distance.
这是因为色彩往往会变得更静了距离.
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Asia's two emerging world powers offered their congratulations, although China was typically muted.
亚洲两大世界新兴国家也表达了它们的祝贺, 虽然中国只是例行地简短表态.
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Instead, the speech a sombre affair, and the popular reaction muted.
相反, 演讲很阴沉, 民众也反应平平.
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The artist muted the colors.
那画家把色彩抹得柔和些.
辞典例句
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Mr Kohn used to argue that globalisation had a muted impact on American inflation.
科恩先生过去认为美国的通货膨胀是受了全球化的潜在影响.
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Mr Kohn used to argue that globalisation a muted impact on American inflation.
科恩先生曾认为全球化对美国通胀起到消减效果.
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These beeps are generated by you phone automatically and can't be muted by software.
这些都是嘟嘟的电话自动产生你不能静的软件.
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Opposition from the Socialists and Communists has been muted.
来自社会党和共产党的反对声音减弱了.
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But flows into mutual funds were more muted during the rally from 2003 to 2007.
但在2003年至2007年的反弹期间,共同基金的资金流入明显减弱.
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He likes sombre, muted colours — she likes bright colours.
他喜欢暗淡、柔和的颜色；而她喜欢明艳的颜色。
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The threat contrasted starkly with his administration's previous muted criticism.
这一威胁和他这届政府之前低调的指责形成了鲜明的对比。
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It'seemed dimmed and muted now in the pervading fog.
如今在弥漫的雾气里它显得黯然失色,哑然无声了.
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More muted growth overseas would also reduce inflation pressures from raw materials costs, he said.
他表示,国际上较为疲软的经济增长,还将降低源自原材料成本的通胀压力.
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