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小词详解 | lull
lull 英 [lʌl] 美 [lʌl]
Whether dealmaking is sensible is once more an important question, because M&A are back with a vengeance, after a lull following the financial crisis.
并购交易是否理性又一次成为了一个重要问题,这是因为经过金融危机之后短暂的休整,并购开始出现猛烈的回潮态势。
——《经济学人》At night the drones lull you to sleep.
夜晚,无人机伴你入眠。
——《纽约时报》
[动词] 使平静或者使人入睡,通常伴有舒缓的声音或动作
这台马力增大的发动机的颤动使得孩子们睡着了。
The vibration of the engine with added beef lulled the children to sleep .半掩的百叶窗和宁静、通风的高大房间催人入睡,那个低声下气的女孩很快便打起盹来。
With the shutters half-closed and the calm airy height of the room to lull her, the abject girl soon fell into a doze.
他徐缓从容的声音和友好的举止使她产生了一种虚假的安全感。
His languid voice and friendly manner lulled her into a false sense of security.
现任总统当选之后,政治暴力进入了一段暂时的平静期。
There was a lull in political violence after the election of the incumbent president.
一想到关在一个任人唯亲的办公室里工作,他就觉得受不了。尽管眼下办公室里一切似乎都很平静,但这只是暴风雨前的宁静。
He couldn't abide the thought of being cooped up in an office rife with nepotism. Though things seem quiet in the office right now, this is just the lull before the storm.
To care for, to clothe, to deck, to dress, to undress, to redress, to teach, scold a little, to rock, to dandle, to lull to sleep, to imagine that something is some one,--therein lies the whole woman's future.
照顾,穿衣,打扮,穿了又脱,脱了又穿,教导,轻轻责骂,摇它,抱它,哄它入睡,把一件东西想象成一个人,女性的未来全在这儿了。
assuage: to make unpleasant feelings less strong placate: make (someone) less angry or hostile soothe: gently calm (a person or their feelings