quieten

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Watch less TV, and you’ll notice your mind begin to quieten.
少看電視吧，你會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)你的頭腦開(kāi)始變得安靜。
The kids would quieten down and start watching the show the big purple dinosaur was putting on.
孩子們會(huì)安靜下來(lái)，然后開(kāi)始觀看這頭紫色大恐龍即將上演的表演。
But as local officials keep their fingers crossed that things will quieten down soon, some tourists say they're actually excited to be in Athens during such turbulent times.
但是當(dāng)當(dāng)?shù)毓賳T祈求事情會(huì)很快平息下來(lái)的時(shí)候，一些游客表示，在這樣一個(gè)騷亂時(shí)期來(lái)雅典游玩其實(shí)很興奮。

Now one reason it's a fun class, is the nice thing about teaching Game Theory quieten down folks- one thing about teaching Game Theory is, you get to play games, and that's exactly what we've just been doing now.
為什么這門課很有趣,因?yàn)閷W(xué)習(xí)博弈論,大家安靜一下,在課堂上我們通過(guò)一些游戲來(lái)學(xué)習(xí)博弈,我們不剛做完一個(gè)游戲嗎
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Whether this accelerated hand-over will quieten the insurgents in Iraq, as America hopes, is doubtful.
ECONOMIST: Another crash, and a crackdown The
Three engines would each drive three fans that are smaller and thus easier to quieten than current ones.
ECONOMIST: Green aircraft

If someone or something quietens or if you quieten them, they become less noisy, less active, or silent.
To quieten fears or complaints means to persuade people that there is no good reason for them.