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quell [kwɛl]

vt. 压制，镇压; 减轻; 消除; 使镇定;
n. 屠杀; 杀戮;
过去式：: quelled 过去分词：: quelled 现在分词：: quelling 第三人称单数：: quells

例句:

  • 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。
  • Extra police were called in to quell the disturbances.
    已调集了增援警力来平定骚乱。
  • Soldiers were sent in to quell the riots.
    士兵们被派去平息骚乱.
  • The military stands by ready to quell an uprising.
    来自VOA
  • It doesn't help quell the rising sense of familiarity.
    来自BBC
  • But his efforts have failed to quell the protest movement.
    来自VOA