Unlike a Ferrari, for example, a Rolls-Royce is defined not by the sound its engine makes, but by silence and torque. Those, as it happens, are precisely the qualities of electric motors.

与法拉利不同，劳斯莱斯不能靠引擎声来评价的---要依靠安静的能力和扭矩，这些恰恰是依靠的电机和马达的性能。

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After Noel and the boat pulled away, the fading of the sound of its motor left behind a suddenly loud silence.

诺埃尔开着船离开了，渐渐远去的马达声过后是一片巨大的沉寂。

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As he is about to clasp her he feels a stunning blow upon the back of the neck; a blinding white light blazes all about him with a sound like the shock of a cannon — then all is darkness and silence!

随着一声震耳欲聋的大炮的轰鸣，一切都归于黑暗和沉寂！

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Here are Simon and Garfunkel with "The Sound of Silence."

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The same faith that breaks the silence of an earthquake's wake with the sound of prayers and hymns sung by a Haitian community.

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He would teach me the value of silence, or natural sound and give me the critical task of picking the transition in a piece.

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The sound of wind and rain lashing the trees outside infiltrated the silence.

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