quietus meaning in English
n.
1.死,灭亡;寂灭;死的解脱。
2.(债务,义务等的)偿清,解除,理清;〔古语〕清欠收据。
3.平息;制止。
4.静止状态;休眠。
短语和例子
Examples
- After a quietus of twenty years she returned
她隐退二十年后又东山再起。 - But my father put the quietus on it . threatened to disown me
但我父亲不肯答应还威胁跟我脱离关系 - Spaniards , for instance , he continued , passionate temperaments like that , impetuous as old nick , are given to taking the law into their own hands and give you your quietus double quick with those poignards they carry in the abdomen
“就拿西班牙人来说吧, ”他接下去说, “他们容易感情用事,像魔鬼一样急躁,动辄就用私刑,拔出下腹部所佩尖刀嗖的一下就清算你的一生131 。 - I would thou couldst ; for who would bear the whips and scorns of time , the oppressor s wrong , the proud man s contumely , the law s delay , and the quietus which his pangs might take , in the dead waste and middle of the night , when churchyards yawn in customary suits of solemn black , but that the undiscovered country from whose bourne no traveler returns , breathes forth contagion on the world , and thus the native hue of resolution , like the poor cat i the adage , is sicklied o er with care , and all the clouds that lowered o er our housetops , with this regard their currents turn awry , and lose the name of action
但愿您做得到谁愿忍受人世的鞭挞和嘲弄,压迫者的虐待,傲慢者的凌辱,法律的拖延,和痛苦可能带来的解脱,在这夜半死寂的荒凉里,墓穴洞开,礼俗的黑色丧服,一片阴森。但是那世人有去无还的冥界,正向人间喷出毒气阵阵,因此那刚毅的本色,象古语所说的那只可怜的小猫,就被烦恼蒙上了一层病容,一切压在我们屋顶上的阴云,因此改变了漂浮的方向,失去了行动的力量。那正是功德无量。