Subdued

(adj.) quieted and brought under control; 'children were subdued and silent' .

校对:马特

• It had cleared in the morning, and the sun was shining with a subdued brightness through the dim veil which hangs over the great city. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• On the bright hill-sides was a subdued smoulder of gorse. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• He seemed not one whit subdued by the change of scene and action impending. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Dorothea set earnestly to work, bending close to her map, and uttering the names in an audible, subdued tone, which often got into a chime. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• He clasped his hands together, and involuntarily uttered a subdued exclamation of horror. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• Yet while Dr. Bretton continued subdued, and, for him, sedate, he was still observant. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• There were intervals in which she could sit perfectly still, enjoying the outer stillness and the subdued light. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Thus he spoke not persuading Cr?sus; for it is true indeed that the Persians before they subdued the Lydians had no luxury nor any good thing. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Marianne was quite subdued. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• I had cast off all feeling, subdued all anguish to riot in the excess of my despair. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• She had chained it up again, and however it might tear her within, she subdued it to herself. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• He is describing, with a certain subdued enthusiasm, the probable technical developments of military method in the next war. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• She descended in a subdued flutter. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Then the passages were tinged with a subdued happiness that was even sadder than the rest. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• Barclay's remarks were subdued and abrupt, so that none of them were audible to the listeners. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• Deerhurst accepted it with apparent gratitude, as though quite subdued. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• It was pink, and pale pink too, and further subdued by black lace. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• He subdued himself, and went away. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• The instinctive c raving for power, the will to dominate, of which Nietzsche was the lyricist, was in these men subdued to patience, industry, and philanthropy. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• When he spoke again, however, it was to say, in rather a subdued voice-- I have just come away from Stone Court, Mr. Bulstrode. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Not that he feared fighting; ridicule alone was the bugbear, which made him smother his rising anger till he had quite subdued it. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• His fine and lovely eyes were now lighted up with indignation, now subdued to downcast sorrow, and quenched in infinite wretchedness. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• She has not come, he replied in a subdued tone. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• When Evadne pronounced my death, I thought that the title of Victor of Constantinople would be written on my tomb, and I subdued all mortal fear. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• When summoned by her nurse she rose and departed very obediently, having bid us all a subdued good-night. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• The plough and the hoe are the chief implements with which man has subdued the earth. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• He had spoken all in a low whisper, evidently fearing spying ears even here, and so I answered him in the same subdued tone. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• The question is, says Mr. Tulkinghorn in his methodical, subdued, uninterested way, first, whether you have any of Captain Hawdon's writing? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• The shrieks and the cries were audible there, though subdued by the distance. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• They elevated me from all littleness of feeling; and although they did not remove my grief, they subdued and tranquillized it. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.

校对:莱斯利