Imagine. A man so protective and nervous of his own reputation that he sought to keep some of the ideas he thought might alienate his public silent for 500 years.

想象一下，一个人对自己的声誉如此想要保护、如此紧张，他试图让可能使人们与自己疏远的想法沉默了500年。

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For while there is something exhilarating about Nicole Kidman's whoop of joy, let no one forget the years of silent unhappiness which preceded it.

因为当我们为基德曼欣喜的呼号而感到欢欣鼓舞时，还是不要忘记离婚前那段寂静不幸的岁月吧。

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The field then fell silent for more than ten years, until the Japanese company Sony optimized the idea for the first commercial lithium-ion battery in the early 1990s.

这个领域之后十多年就沉默下来，直到上世纪九十年代早期为了商业化的锂离子电池，日本索尼公司优化了这种想法。

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The group says "silent reduction" or incremental reductions over the years is not new.

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The San Francisco Silent Film Festival's attendance is up 30% in the past five years, says Stacey Wisnia, executive director of the event.

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Cinema appreciation in Ireland can be traced back to the final years of the 19th Century, when eager Dubliners would gather in the city centre to watch silent films incorporated into variety shows.

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