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他是个坚强而沉默的人。 He is the strong, silent type.
沉默不能总理解为同意。 Silence must not always be read as consent.
如果你被捕,你有权保持沉默。 If you are arrested you have the right to remain silent.
他唯一的反应是一阵意味深长的沉默 His only reaction was a pregnant silence.
`你认为他的沉默是什麽意思?'`我认为意思是拒绝.' `How would you interpret his silence?' `I would interpret it as a refusal.'
他沉默不语意味着同意了。 His silence implied agreement.
他沉默寡言。 He is scanty with words.
人言沉默是金,但这世界出产的顶尖蠢才们则对这问题未见有话说过。 Silence is said to be golden, but the best fool the world has has ever produced nothing to say on the subject.
讲话是分数;沉默是整数。 Speech is fractional; silence is integral.