马德里加尔太太伸手去拿那支票，打破了那一阵长时间的、耐人寻味的沉默。
There was a long, pregnant silence, which Mrs. Madrigal punctuated by reaching for the cheque.
男人们在幸福的沉默中凝视着宝藏。
The men contemplated the treasure awhile in blissful silence.
他越是夸夸其谈，水鼠兰特就越严肃，越沉默。
The more he talked and boasted, the more grave and silent the Rat became.
托德绝望地东张西望，而其他动物却在肃穆的沉默中等待着。
Toad looked desperately this way and that, while the other animals waited in grave silence.
老奶奶保持沉默，小海蒂用欢快的语调开始描述她和爷爷的生活。
The old woman remained silent, and Heidi, with the greatest vivacity, began to describe her life with the grandfather.
沉默可能是深思熟虑的表现，也可能是一个人无话可说时的空洞。
Silences may be thoughtful, or they may be empty when a person has nothing to say.
“从头到尾都错了。”毛毛虫肯定地说，接着，那儿沉默了几分钟。
"It is wrong from beginning to end," said the Caterpillar decidedly, and there was silence for some minutes.
当（会话）流的正面体验被——比如短暂的沉默——打断时，会发生什么事？
What happens when the positive experience of flow is disrupted by, for instance, a brief silence?
当他的朋友保持沉默时，他继续说：“想想克拉拉经历了一个多么艰难的夏天啊！”
When his friend remained silent, he continued: "Just think what a hard summer Clara has had!"
有时候，一个人被说话的冲动所支配，在别人保持沉默的时候说话，这是完全正常的。
It is perfectly all right, now and then, for a human to be possessed by the urge to speak, and to speak while others remain silent.
让你含笑的唇儿发个誓，告诉我我的声音怎样在沉默中消失，像一只在荷花中沉醉的蜜蜂。
Let your smiling lips say on oath how my voice lost itself in silence like a drunken bee in the lotus.
他们认为，如果这些沉默的基因以某种方式被重新激活，长期丢失的性状可能会重新出现。
If these silent genes are somehow switched back on, they argued, long-lost traits could reappear.
为什么我们在流畅的对话中感觉很舒服，但当对话被意想不到的沉默打断时，我们会感到紧张和沮丧呢？
Why do we feel comfortable in conversations that have flow, but get nervous and distressed when a conversation is interrupted by unexpected silences?
在你的演讲中，可能有些观点你想让你的听众真正理解。为了让重要的观点脱颖而出，你可以考虑在讲完这些观点之后稍加沉默。
There may be points in your presentation that you want your audience to really absorb and in order to make important points stand out you may consider adding silence right after these.
珀尔不介意他的沉默，事实上她喜欢这一点。
他变成了一个沉默寡言的人、一个不容易相处的人。后来，等大点的孩子们结了婚，也有了他们自己的孩子，他变得平和了些。
He became a taciturn man, a man not easy to live with. Later, when the older children married and had children of their own, he mellowed a little.
沉默似乎是上策。
一旦猎人出现，大象就变得沉默、警惕且多疑。
As soon as hunters appear, the elephants become silent, watchful and suspicious.
那是因为我们之间总有一个沉默的承诺：“我在这里，你并不孤单。”
That's because there is always a silent promise between us that says, "I am here and you are not alone."
为了让他们忘却痛苦，男孩们在家里讲笑话，而不是一味地保持沉默。
To take their minds off the pain, the boys tell jokes in the house, rather than just stay silent.
贝蒂一开始保持沉默，但很快她就加入了其他女孩的行列，聊着天，笑着。
Betty kept silent at first but soon she joined the other girls, chatting and laughing.
玛丽在讨论的开始部分保持沉默，但最后她对这个问题发表了自己的意见。
Mary was silent during the early part of the discussion but finally she gave voice to her opinion on the subject.
如果你在宴会上遇到了尴尬的沉默，唯一能让所有人再次说起话的办法就是说句恭维主人的话。
If you're faced with an awkward silence at a dinner party, the only thing that always gets everyone talking again is to give the host a compliment.
沉默是朋友间真正的交流。
是的，沉默为笑点增强效果，因为它加深了紧张感。
Yes, silence adds power to the punchline because it heightens the tension.
在餐馆里慢慢聊天的感觉挺好；沉默以对也是惬意。
Conversations in restaurants chug along nicely; silences are companionable.
新生代的作家在网上发出了他们的声音而不是保持沉默。
Instead of remaining silent, a new generation of authors has found its voice on the Web.
因此，人多智广，前提是在答案计入统计之前，保持沉默。
So there is wisdom in numbers—as long as those numbers keep quiet until they’re counted.
因此，人多智广，前提是在答案计入统计之前，保持沉默。
So there is wisdom in numbers—as long as those numbers keep quiet until they’re counted.
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