We did not think it hypocritical to draw over our vagaries the curtain of a decent silence.

我们对自己的些荒诞经的行为遮上持体面的缄默，并认为这是虚伪。

Today, we will learn twelve things you should always keep private.

今天我们起来看看，你应该持缄默的 12 件事。

And that's exactly the situation where you might need to bite your tongue.

这正是你可能需要持缄默的情况。

That was a rare moment, in 50 years of silence, when her secret was almost out.

在50年的缄默中，这是个罕见的时刻，她的秘密几乎被公之于众。

Even NAFTA's cheerleaders (a more reticent bunch) might concede that the deal has fallen short of their expectations.

即使是NAFTA的持者(个更为缄默的人群)也得承认这份贸易协定未能达到他们的预期。

That's why your mom wants to squash him.

这就是你妈让他持缄默的原因。

The monks are bound by vows of silence.

【bind】僧侣们必须遵守持缄默的誓言。

We do not stray out of all words into the ever silent; we do not raise our hands to the void for things beyond hope.

我们并背离切言语而走入永远缄默的歧途；我们并虚伸手要求超乎希望的事物。

The Selective Mutism Center explains that while some kids are naturally chatty and others quiet, those with Selective Mutism will not speak in certain circumstances.

选择性缄默症中心解释说，虽然有些孩子天生健谈，有些相对安静，但患有选择性缄默症的孩子在某些情况下会说话。

During his speech, Emanuel said the lack of trust between police and many African-Americans must be rebuilt, and a code of silence in the police department must end.

伊曼纽尔在讲话中表示，警察和大部分非裔美国人之间缺少信任，而这种信任必须重建，警察部门的缄默原则必须结束。

Poor pantaloon, he was not an object to excite love, but the smile in her eyes was affectionate, and it was possible that her reserve concealed a very deep feeling.

这个可怜的傻瓜，他是个能引起女人爱情的人物。但施特略夫太太眼睛里的笑容是含着爱怜的，在她的缄默后面也可能隐藏着深挚的感情。

(Unlike those buttoned-up professional literary critics, who do not tend to write about how books make them cry.) Some old-fashioned bibliophiles may suspect that BookTok is less about books than about people seeking attention by promoting them.

(这可像那些缄默的专业文学评论家，他们往往会去写书籍如何让他们嚎啕大哭。)些老派的爱书人可能会怀疑，BookTok与其说是关于书籍，如说是关于通过宣传书籍来寻求关注的人。