mute

单词辨析:

dumb mute 【导航词义:哑的】
dumb adj. [旧]哑的;说不出话的
〔辨析〕

指因生理缺陷而不会说话的,许多人认为该词具有冒犯性,最好以speech-impaired 代替;也指因震惊、愤怒等而说不出话的。

〔例证〕

He's deaf and dumb and so rarely communicates with others.

他又聋又哑,很少与他人交流。

The official was struck dumb by a reporter's sharp question.

这位官员被一名记者尖锐的问题弄得哑口无言。

mute adj. [旧]哑的; [书]不说话的
〔辨析〕

指不会说话的,也指不说话或拒绝说话的。

〔例证〕

Can a mute person have friends?

不会说话的人能交到朋友吗?

She stood there, mute and defiant.

她站在那儿不说话,一副挑衅的样子。

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Mute recall him, maybe grow this world here being able to not have forgot.

默默的记起他,也许此生此世都不会忘记了。

731. I acutely and resolutely refuted the brutal persecution of mute commuter.

731.我尖锐和坚决地反驳了对无声的(沉默的)通勤者的残忍的迫害。

He is unable to speak, because he is a mute.

他不能说话,因为他是哑巴。

It would be ideal if only Joseph was not a deaf mute.

要是约瑟夫不是聋哑人就完美了。

I'll walk you to the bank. It's on my mute.

我陪你走到银行。我是顺路的。收藏。

He looked at her in mute disbelief.

他默默地用怀疑的眼光看着她。