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汉语拼音：jiān kǒu

闭着嘴（不说话）：～不语。

1. 《孔子家语·观周》：“ 孔子 观 周 ，遂入太祖 后稷 之庙，庙堂右阶之前，有金人焉，三缄其口，而铭其背曰：‘古之慎言人也。’”后因谓闭口不言为“缄口”。

   汉 蔡邕 《铭论》：“ 周 庙金人，缄口以慎。” 隋 王通 《中说·礼乐》：“汝将闭门却扫歟？不知缄口而内修也。” 清 沉起凤 《谐铎·屏角相郎》：“妯娌间有乞其谈相者，缄口不道一字。” 叶蔚林 《蓝蓝的木兰溪》：“伙房的大师傅和通讯员 小安 正在井边咬耳朵，看见她走过来就立即缄口了。”

• For years she never came to me for advice but I continued to submit it.

  多年来她都缄口不提此事，但是我仍继续给她建议。

• At this point, John of Gaunt ordered him to be silent.

  在这一点上刚特人约翰曾下令命他缄口。

• Some Western hawks find it unsettling that this is even being debated within China, but it is better to talk about it than not.

  一些西方鹰派人士对此表示非常不安，中国国内甚至也出现相关争论。不过，讨论以下总比缄口不言要好。

• The hedonimeter was never invented, and for a century or so economists fell silent about both weights on man's scales.

  这种快乐量度从没有被发明出来，大约一个世纪左右的时间经济学家们对人类天平的两侧砝码都缄口不言。

• The White House has remained conspicuously silent and NASA has provided even fewer details than Chinese state media about Gen.

  白宫依然是缄口不言，而NASA对于博尔登参观太空设施所提供的细节甚至还不及中国国家媒体。

• It was only a substantial meal that could induce in him even a passing taciturnity.

  只有实实在在的一顿饭才能使他暂时缄口无言。

• Any dissenting investors are probably appeased by the meteoric rise in the company's share price, which has tripled since 2007.

  任何颇有微词的投资者都可能因苹果股价的平步青云而缄口。自2007年以来，苹果股价已上涨两倍。

• Facing the most intense scrutiny are groups which have complained about repression, a muzzled press and a lack of civil liberties.

  面对空前严厉的盘查，各类团体开始抱怨政府的高压政策、缄口的媒体以及公民自由的丧失。

• But, not to suggest more obvious reasons, it may be that they are kept silent by the very constitution of their nature.

  不过，不必去设想更加明显的原因，我们就可以说，他们之所以缄口不言，正是出于他们的本性。