quiescent
                                        英 [kwɪ'es(ə)nt; kwaɪ-]
美 [kwɪ'ɛsnt]
                                        
                                            
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            quiescent 静态的,静止的来自quiet,安静的,静止的,-escent,形容词后缀。
 
                                    
            - quiescent (adj.)
- c. 1600, from Latin quiescentem (nominative quiescens), present participle of quiescere, inchoative verb formed from quies "rest, quiet" (see quiet (n.)).
                 - 1. The rapid development of the economy turns the quiescent town into a noisy city. 
- 经济的迅速发展使这个宁静的小镇成为闹市。
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- 2. This is a quiescent Southern seaside town. 
- 这是个宁静的南方海滨小城。
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- 3. Collapsing interstellar cloud reverses its gravitational infall and expands outward into the relatively quiescent interstellar environment. 
- 坍缩的星际云克服向内的引力而向外膨胀到较宁静的星际环境中去.
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- 4. Lady Bertram was perfectly quiescent and contented, and had no objections to make. 
- 贝特伦夫人满意地静静坐着, 她没有任何意见.
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- 5. It is unlikely that such an extremist organization will remain quiescent for long. 
- 这种过激的组织是不太可能长期沉默的.
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