在另一个用法中，亚洲人可能认为沉默是一种尊重，特别是对长者或当权者的尊重。

In still another use, persons in Asian cultures may view silence as a sign of respect, particularly to an elder or a person in authority.

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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.

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一些人担心，女性相对缺乏经验可能会使她们在董事会中保持沉默，而这反过来可能意味着，董事会更不可能让管理者承担责任。

Some people worry that their relative lack of experience may keep women quiet on boards, and that in turn could mean that boards might become less able to hold managers to account.

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While he points out that in our culture we feel very uncomfortable with the absence of words, with the absence of sound or noise.

他指出，在我们文化中沉默，让人不适。

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So you turn to the person during this long silence

于是你转向沉默的另一个人，

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Again,getting rid of the negative does not guarantee us the positive, which is why already in the 1940s, wrote that most men lead lives of quiet desperation.

再强调一次，摆脱消极,不能保证我们变得积极，因此早在19世纪40年代，认为，大多数人都活在沉默的压抑中。

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