mute /mjuːt/ CET6 TEM4 ( muting, muted, mutes )

• 1. 

  ADJ Someone who is mute is silent for a particular reason and does not speak. 缄默的

  例：

  He was mute, distant, and indifferent.

  他缄默无言，对人疏远而且冷漠。

• 2. 

  ADV Mute is also an adverb. 缄默地 [ADV after v]

  例：

  He could watch her standing mute by the phone.

  他能看到她缄默地站在电话旁。

• 3. 

  ADJ Someone who is mute is unable to speak. 哑的

  例：

  Marianna, the duke's daughter, became mute after a shock.

  公爵的女儿玛丽安娜在一场惊吓之后失语了。

• 4. 

  V-T If someone mutes something such as their feelings or their activities, they reduce the strength or intensity of them. 抑制 (感情等); 减弱 (行动的力度等)

  例：

  The corruption does not seem to have muted the country's prolonged economic boom.

  腐败看来没有减缓该国持续的经济繁荣。

• 5. 

  muted ADJ 温和的

  例：

  The threat contrasted starkly with his administration's previous muted criticism.

  这恐吓与他执政当局先前温和的批评形成了鲜明的对比。

• 6. 

  V-T If you mute a noise or sound, you lower its volume or make it less distinct. 降低 (声音)

  例：

  They begin to mute their voices, not be as assertive.

  他们开始放低嗓门，不再那么肯定了。

• 7. 

  muted ADJ (声音) 降低的

  例：

  "Yes," he muttered, his voice so muted I hardly heard his reply.

  “是啊，”他轻声说道，声音轻得我几乎听不到他的回答。

• 8. 

  N-COUNT any of various devices used to soften the tone of stringed or brass instruments (乐器的)弱音器; 削音器