quell是什么意思？

quell

英[kwel] 美[kwɛl]

• vt. 压制，镇压，减轻，消除，使镇定；
• n. <古>屠杀，杀戮；

第三人称单数：quells;

过去式：quelled;

过去分词：quelled;

现在分词：quelling;

例句

• Troops were called in to quell the violence. 部队被调来平息暴力事件。
• Soldiers were sent in to quell the riots. 士兵们被派去平息骚乱.
• Extra police were called in to quell the disturbances. 已调集了增援警力来平定骚乱。
• The Information Minister is trying to quell fears of a looming oil crisis. 新闻部长正努力消除民众对一触即发的石油危机的恐惧。
• He is unlikely to send in the army to quell nationalist aspirations. 他不可能派兵去扼杀民族主义理想。

同义词

• vt.
  quell的同义词之：压制;消灭;平定
  cool, hush, subdue, mollify, appease, stifle, lull, crush, calm, pacify, suppress, quiet, smother, reduce, extinguish,
• quell的同义词之：其他释义
  hush, calm, appease, crush, extinguish, lessen, mollify, suppress, cool, smother, quench, pacify, reduce, quiet, repress, silence, subdue, lull, abort, stifle,

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  压制;消除;镇压;平息
  To quell opposition or violent behaviour means to stop it.
  例句
  Troops eventually quelled the unrest. 军队最终平息了动乱。
• VERB
  消除，祛除(害怕、愤怒等)
  If you quell an unpleasant feeling such as fear or anger, you stop yourself or other people from having that feeling.
  例句
  The Information Minister is trying to quell fears of a looming oil crisis. 新闻部长正努力消除民众对一触即发的石油危机的恐惧。

英汉词典释义

• vt.
  (用武力)制止,结束,镇压,压制,平息
  Soldiers were sent in to quell the riots. 士兵们被派去平息骚乱。 Troops were called in to quell the violence. 部队被调来平息暴力事件。

英英词典释义

• Verb
  1. suppress or crush completely;
  "squelch any sign of dissent""quench a rebellion"
  2. overcome or allay;
  "quell my hunger"