1.
The Communicative Functions of Silence and its Cultural Attachment;
“静默语”的交际功能及其文化依附性
2.
a time for undoing and a time for stitching; a time for keeping quiet and a time for talk;
撕裂有时，缝补有时。静默有时，言语有时。
3.
God's silence ripens man's thoughts into speech.
神的静默使人的思想成熟而为语言。
4.
To be or become silent or still.
静默沉默或安静或变得沉默或安静
5.
Amos held his stick more tightly and answered,"I have need of silence ...of a whisper."
阿摩司把棍子握得更紧，回答说：“我需静默……需要一个耳语。”
6.
He grew afraid, Phonology required threefold silence, tenfold minuteness, and quietly sticking to rules as strict as railroad tracks.
他害怕了，语音学要用三倍的安静、十倍的细致，循着铁轨一般的规律默默地干。
7.
We passed several minutes in silence.
我们有几分钟默默无语。
8.
They did not say a word to each other on the way home.
一路上，彼此都默默无语，
9.
We drove in silence.
我们默默无语地开着车。
10.
But Kay bowed her head.
但是，恺低着头，默默无语。
11.
The nurse mouthed the word "quiet".
护士以口形默示"安静"。
12.
There was a long pause among them.
他们静默了好半晌。
13.
They observed a two minutes' silence in memory of the departed.
人们为死者静默两分钟。
14.
They were silent as the grave.
他们静默着,一言不发。
15.
She answered after a moment's hesitation:
妇人静默了一时答：
16.
Her silence made him feel more apprehensive as he kept talking.
这静默使他愈说愈心慌。
17.
My threat reduced him to silence.
我的恐吓使他静默。
18.
He was silent for the best part of a minute.
他静默了将近一分钟。