闭口不言

Mr. Gordon stopped talking, and his friends knew something was up.

戈登先生突然闭口不言，他的朋友们知道有哪儿不对劲了。

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The policeman was offered / given a bribe of 500 to keep his mouth shut.

向该警察行贿500英镑让他闭口不言.

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Those who talked to themselves found the banana slightly faster than those who didn't, the researchers say.

研究人员称那些自言自语的人找到香蕉图像的速度比闭口不言的人略快一点。

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He always clams up when we ask him about his family.

我们一问到他的家庭时，他总是闭口不言。

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Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.

妇女在会中要闭口不言，像在圣徒的众教会一样。因为不准他们说话。

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He always clammed up when we asked him about his family.

我们一问到他的家庭时,他总是闭口不言.

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Piggy opened his mouth to speak, caught Jack's eye and shut it again.

猪崽子张嘴要说, 瞥见杰克的眼神,又闭口不言.

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Half were instructed to repeat out loud what they were looking for and the other half kept their lips sealed.

半数志愿者在寻找的过程中被告知大声重复自己要寻找的物品，另一半的人则闭口不言。

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No words issued from his lips.

他闭口不言.

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As in all the congregations of the saints, women should remain silent in the churches.

妇女在会中要闭口不言, 像在圣徒的众教会一样.

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But he knew his place and managed to keep his tongue between his teeth.

但是他知道自己的地位,尽量闭口不言.

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And of whom were you in fear, so that you were false, and did not keep me in mind, or give thought to it? Have I not been quiet, keeping myself secret, and so you were not in fear of me?

你怕谁？因谁恐惧？竟说谎，不记念我，又不将这事放在心上。我不是许久闭口不言，你仍不怕我吗？

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And if a revelation comes to someone who is sitting down, the first speaker should stop.

若旁边坐着的得了启示, 那先说话的就当闭口不言.

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They cannot escape this as well.

但他们也不会永远对此闭口不言.

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Everybody shuts up like a clam as soon as you mention it.

你一提及此事,大家便都闭口不言.

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There is an incentive to collude with other suppliers to boost prices, just as two prisoners have good reason to keep mum about their crime.

与其他供应商一起哄抬价格的动机，就像2个囚徒在他们的罪行方面都闭口不言。

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