- Meaning to suppress or overcome, quell is what you have to do with nerves before a big test and fears before going skydiving.
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- vt. 平息；镇压；减轻；消除
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1. This medicine will quell your sore throat.
这种药可减轻你的喉痛。
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2. No one knows how to quell the uncertainty.
没有人知道如何平息这样的情绪。
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3. The people were much amazed at this, although it did nothing whatsoever to quell their fear.
老虎开口说话了，人们非常吃惊，尽管这并不能减轻他们的恐惧。
- quell (v.) Old English cwellan "to kill, murder, execute," from Proto-Germanic *kwaljanan (source also of Old English cwelan "to die," cwalu "violent death;" Old Saxon quellian "to torture, kill;" Old Norse kvelja "to torment;" Middle Dutch quelen "to vex, tease, torment;" Old High German quellan "to suffer pain," German quälen "to torment, torture"), from PIE root *gwele- "to throw, reach," with extended sense "to pierce." Milder sense of "suppress, extinguish" developed by c. 1300. Related: Quelled; quelling.
quell / kwel ; NAmE kwel / verb ( formal) 1 quellsth/sb to stop sth such as violent behaviour or protests 制止；平息；镇压 ◆ Extra police were called in to quell the disturbances. 已调集了增援警力来平定骚乱。 ◆ ( figurative) She started to giggle, but Bob quelled her with a look. 她格格地笑了起来，但鲍勃用眼色制止了她。 2 quellsth to stop or reduce strong or unpleasant feelings 消除，缓解，减轻（强烈或不快的感情） SYN calm ◆ to quell your fears 消除恐惧 quell quells quelled quelling quell / kwel ; NAmE kwel /
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