quiescent

• adj. 靜止的；不活動的；沉寂的

來自quiet,安靜的，靜止的，-escent,形容詞後綴。

quiescent (adj.)

c. 1600, from Latin quiescentem (nominative quiescens), present participle of quiescere, inchoative verb formed from quies "rest, quiet" (see quiet (n.)).

1. The rapid development of the economy turns the quiescent town into a noisy city.

經濟的迅速發展使這個寧靜的小鎮成為鬧市。

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2. This is a quiescent Southern seaside town.

這是個寧靜的南方海濱小城。

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3. Collapsing interstellar cloud reverses its gravitational infall and expands outward into the relatively quiescent interstellar environment.

坍縮的星際雲克服向內的引力而向外膨脹到較寧靜的星際環境中去.

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4. Lady Bertram was perfectly quiescent and contented, and had no objections to make.

貝特倫夫人滿意地靜靜坐著, 她沒有任何意見.

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5. It is unlikely that such an extremist organization will remain quiescent for long.

這種過激的組織是不太可能長期沉默的.

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