quietus [kwaɪˈitəs]

例句:

• After a quietus of twenty years she returned.
  她隐退二十年后又东山再起.
  
• The plan has finally got its quietus, ie been abandoned.
  这一计画终于胎死腹中(遭放弃).
  
• The police gave the villain his quietus.
  警察结果了那坏蛋的性命.
  
• Giving the quietus to half-drowned snakes.
  来自R. Campbell