Quell的意思|Quell的解释-里氏词典

quell [kwel]

vt. 压制, 平息, 减轻

The government's reassurances have done nothing to quell the doubts of the public.
政府的再次保证并没有消除公众的疑虑。
The police have been called in to quell a minor disturbance.
警察奉命出动以平息一场小规模的骚乱。

quell

[ verb ]

suppress or crush completely

<verb.change>

quench

squelch

squelch any sign of dissent
quench a rebellion

Quell \Quell\, n.
Murder. [Obs.] --Shak.

Quell \Quell\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Quelled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Quelling}.] [See {Quail} to cower.]
1. To die. [Obs.]

Yet he did quake and quaver, like to quell.
--Spenser.

2. To be subdued or abated; to yield; to abate. [R.]

Winter's wrath begins to quell. --Spenser.

Quell \Quell\, v. t. [OE. quellen to kill, AS. cwellan,
causative of cwelan to die; akin to OHG. quellen to torment,
Icel. kvelja. See {Quail} to cower.]
1. To take the life of; to kill. [Obs.] --Spenser.

The ducks cried as [if] men would them quelle.
--Chaucer.

2. To overpower; to subdue; to put down.

The nation obeyed the call, rallied round the
sovereign, and enabled him to quell the disaffected
minority. --Macaulay.

Northward marching to quell the sudden revolt.
--Longfellow.

3. To quiet; to allay; to pacify; to cause to yield or cease;
as, to quell grief; to quell the tumult of the soul.

Much did his words the gentle lady quell. --Spenser.

Syn: to subdue; crush; overpower; reduce; put down; repress;
suppress; quiet; allay; calm; pacify.

To quell the "state of crisis" among blacks Kerner proposed a national policy of "ghetto enrichment" to bring poor blacks into the mainstream of American life.
U.S. officials have expressed disapproval of some Israeli tactics to quell Arab unrest in the occupied territories and are expected to voice their concerns to Rabin during his visit.
Bush ordered the test sale Wednesday, with his spokesman saying it was intended in part as a "signal" to quell speculation in the oil markets and halt skyrocketing crude prices.
But Mrs. Aquino's pledge to restore democracy has not been enough to quell the 19-year Communist insurgency, which expanded during the 20-year rule of her ousted predecessor.
Margeritas momentarily quell the mutiny.
Pressure is building for higher interest rates, both here and overseas, as major central banks attempt to quell inflation fear with tighter monetary policies.
The sales are an attempt to quell investor concern about Black & Decker's increased debt burden from the Emhart purchase.
In May, however, Wan is said to have joined student leaders in calling for Deng and Premier Li Peng to step down and for the government to lift martial law imposed to quell the protests.
Los Angeles County beaches have a "flying missile" ordinance to quell beer hurtling.
No matter how good the statistics on the economy get these days, they don't seem to be good enough to quell fears on Wall Street of an approaching recession.
Earlier this week, county Supervisor Kenneth Hahn suggested National Guard troops be called in to quell the epidemic of gang violence.
The president had requested Indian assistance to quell the coup in his 2,000-island nation.
Congressman Federico Storani of Alfonsin's Radical Civic Union, second in size behind the Peronists, accused Menem of appeasing the armed forces "in case their intervention is necessary" to quell protests against his economic policies.
India's governor in Kashmir gave security forces sweeping powers in their battle to quell a separatist revolt in the strife-torn region, where at least 700 people have been killed in six months.
New concessions by the Japanese government have failed to quell sentiment in Congress for stiff U.S. punishment of Toshiba Corp. over a subsidiary's sale of sensitive technology to the Soviet Union.
Moreover, Sheldon Adelson, the chairman and chief executive of Interface Group Inc. and the founder of Comdex, has made some changes to quell the discontent.
China's reformist leaders have instituted tough rules to quell a nationwide student outcry for democracy, freedom and human rights.
Sri Lankan officials have been trying for months to obtain the withdrawal of the troops, who were sent to this island nation two years ago to quell ethnic violence.
Soviet soldiers have been deployed in both republics to quell the violence.
Chinese Premier Li Peng declared martial law in parts of the capital Saturday after authorities were unable to quell massive student-led protests for democratic reform.
In 1976, it tried to quell the civil war and wound up battling the Christians.
Roh had presented his plan in an effort to quell anti-government protests that began June 10 in Seoul and other cities.
Caretaker Prime Minister Ingvar Carlsson said Friday he is forming a new government to end Sweden's political crisis and quell the labor strife and inflation that have beset the economy.
The detainees are held under a state of emergency declared in June 1986 to quell anti-apartheid unrest in black townships.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission approved rule changes largely intended to smooth operations and quell criticism of trading in the Chicago Mercantile Exchange's Standard & Poor's 500 stock-index futures pit.
To quell the dispute, the Kremlin has imposed direct rule over the region.
The Kremlin took a series of decisive steps to quell the ethnic violence, which has claimed more than 30 lives and posed a serious challenge to Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev.
The song "Shooting and Crying" was written by Israeli singer Si Hi-man after the Palestinian rebellion in the occupied territories began Dec. 8. It criticizes the army's use of beatings and live ammunition to quell the violence.
Foreign travelers in Xinjiang's capital of Urumqi said at the time of the rioting that troops had been sent in to quell disturbances in Kashgar and two other cities, Hotan and Kuqa, and that an estimated 50 people were killed.
When that failed, troops were sent in and curfews were imposed to quell violence.

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