三缄其口

[sān jiān qí kǒu]

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AllAll,remain mute as if one's mouth were sealedremain mute as if one's mouth were sealed,remain silentremain silent,clam upclam up,keep one's mouth shutkeep one's mouth shut
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1.
The chipmaker would not be drawn on which banks it had now appointed as advisers and declined further comment.
但中芯国际不愿透露任命哪家银行为顾问行，也拒绝进一步置评。此前，中芯国际对该计划一直三缄其口。
dàn zhōng xīn guó jì bú yuàn tòu lù rèn mìng nǎ jiā yín háng wèi gù wèn xíng , yě jù jué jìn yí bù zhì píng 。 cǐ qián , zhōng xīn guó jì duì gāi jì huà yì zhí sān jiān qí kǒu 。
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2.
This was all the more remarkable since the Bush administration had explicitly instructed agencies to do the opposite.
相比于布什政府命令这些机构三缄其口的做法，这一举措显得愈加不平常。
xiāng bǐ yú bù shí zhèng fǔ mìng lìng zhè xiē jī gòu sān jiān qí kǒu de zuò fǎ , zhè yī jǔ cuò xiǎn de yù jiā bù píng cháng 。
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3.
Neither the Brotherhood nor the book was a subject that any ordinary Party member would mention if there was a way of avoiding it.
所有的普通党员，只要有可能，对兄弟会和那本书都宁愿三缄其口。
suǒ yǒu de pǔ tōng dǎng yuán , zhǐ yào yǒu kě néng , duì xiōng dì huì hé nà běn shū dōu nìng yuàn sān jiān qí kǒu 。
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4.
Ms. Abedin, 35, who has been married to Mr. Weiner, 46, for less than a year and is pregnant, has remained mute to the media.
现年35岁的阿贝丁女士与46岁的维纳先生结婚不到一年并已经怀孕，在这一事件上她对媒体一直三缄其口。
xiàn nián sān shí wǔ suì de ā bèi dīng nǚ shì yǔ sì shí liù suì de wéi nà xiān sheng jié hūn bù dào yī nián bìng yǐ jīng huái yùn , zài zhè yī shì jiàn shàng tā duì méi tǐ yì zhí sān jiān qí kǒu 。
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5.
Apple declined to say what the impact to production might be, or comment beyond the statement.
苹果公司拒绝透露可能对其生产造成的影响，对声明以外的置评三缄其口。
píng guǒ gōng sī jù jué tòu lù kě néng duì qí shēng chǎn zào chéng de yǐng xiǎng , duì shēng míng yǐ wài de zhì píng sān jiān qí kǒu 。
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6.
The company made good on this position, by keeping mum when pressed by reporters to disclose its new prices Thursday.
淡水河谷十分坚持这个立场。周四，尽管有多位记者再三逼问其新价格，这家公司仍三缄其口。
dàn shuǐ hé gǔ shí fēn jiān chí zhè ge lì chǎng 。 zhōu sì , jǐn guǎn yǒu duō wèi jì zhě zài sān bī wèn qí xīn jià gé , zhè jiā gōng sī réng sān jiān qí kǒu 。
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7.
That would be politically unthinkable, and most politicians in Rome duly refuse to think about it.
从政治上看，这显得不可思议，而且大多数罗马政要也三缄其口。
cóng zhèng zhì shàng kàn , zhè xiǎn de bù kě sī yì , ér qiě dà duō shù luó mǎ zhèng yào yě sān jiān qí kǒu 。
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8.
WORD OF THE DAY - reticent: restrained; uncommunicative . She remembered how reticent her father had been about his past.
无言的；沈默的她仍记得她的父亲，对于过去，总是三缄其口。
wú yán de ; shěn mò de tā réng jì de tā de fù qīn , duì yú guò qù , zǒng shì sān jiān qí kǒu 。
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9.
Fernando Torres has brushed aside questions about his Liverpool future but admitted the club needed to improve issues off the field.
托雷斯对自己的未来三缄其口，但是同时承认：董事会必须要拿出负责任得态度来解决问题。
tuō léi sī duì zì jǐ de wèi lái sān jiān qí kǒu , dàn shì tóng shí chéng rèn : dǒng shì huì bì xū yào ná chū fù zé rèn de tài du lái jiě jué wèn tí 。
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10.
As for how this works, the company's lips are as tightly sealed as they are about the engineering of next season's grand prix cars.
该公司对具体的实现方法三缄其口，就像他们不肯透露他们为下赛季的大奖赛赛车所做的工程设计一样。
gāi gōng sī duì jù tǐ de shí xiàn fāng fǎ sān jiān qí kǒu , jiù xiàng tā men bù kěn tòu lù tā men wèi xià sài jì de dà jiǎng sài sài chē suǒ zuò de gōng chéng shè jì yí yàng 。
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