voiceless

英 [ˈvɔɪsləs]

美 [ˈvɔɪsləs]

adj.  清音的

法律

BNC.29292 / COCA.23956

牛津词典

adj.

• 清音的
  produced without moving your vocal cords . For example, the consonants /p/ , /t/ and /k/ are voiceless .

柯林斯词典

• ADJ （发）清音的
  Avoicelessspeech sound is one that is produced without vibration of the vocal cords.
  1. ...the voiceless 'th'.
     发清音的th
• ADJ 失语的;不能说话的
  Someone who isvoicelessis unable to speak.
  1. His voiceless lips formed the words 'Thank you'.
     他发不出声音来，翕动着嘴唇说了“谢谢你”这几个字。

英英释义

adj

• being without sound through injury or illness and thus incapable of all but whispered speech
  Synonym:aphonic
• uttered without voice
  1. could hardly hear her breathed plea, `Help me'
  2. voiceless whispers
  Synonym:breathed
• deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote
  1. labor was voiceless
  2. disenfrenchised masses took to the streets
  Synonym:disenfranchiseddisfranchisedvoteless
• produced without vibration of the vocal cords
  1. unvoiced consonants such as `p' and `k' and `s'
  Synonym:unvoicedsurdhard

双语例句

• We see most eloquent orators voiceless as fish when they must speak of Thee, O Jesus our Saviour.
  耶稣我们的救主啊，我们看见最雄辩的演说家言及祢时，犹如鱼儿般缄默无言。
• Similar but not identical sounds such as voiced and voiceless pairs of consonants are also linked in this way.
  相似但不相同的音如发音与不发音的一对辅音总是会这样连音。
• Thirdly, people believed that the ideal politics was a sort of harmonious world just like voiceless music realm.
  其三，他们认为政治的最高境界是达到至乐无声而天下之民和的音乐境界。
• The smell of the wet earth in the rain rises like a great chant of praise from the voiceless multitude of the insignificant.
  雨中的湿土的气息，就响从渺小的无声的群众那里来的一阵巨大的赞美歌声。
• Key stakeholders, especially students, are tragically underrepresented or even voiceless as China stands at the crossroads of her educational reform.
  在这两个极端之中，一些本可发挥作用的意见、建言被吞没，尤其是那些被老师、家长所代言的学生，不能发出自己的声音。
• How can we give these people a voice, the voiceless people?
  我们怎么才能给那些不能说出心声的人一种声音？
• In my experience, businesses and gov 'ts rarely work against their own vested interests for the benefit of the voiceless masses, regardless of the country.
  以我自己的经验，企业和政府很少会为了那些无法发声的劳苦大众而去损害他们自己的既得利益，为此，他们甚至会不顾国家利益。
• With the unceasing development of global economy, increasing attention is paid to logo design, which thus gets improved dramatically on the art expression and models; and has become a voiceless weapon to establish the brand and explore the market.
  随着全球化经济的不断发展，标志设计受到越来越多的关注，在艺术表现形式与造型上也都有了大的飞跃与提高，现在已经成为塑造品牌和开拓市场的无声武器。
• Give voice to the voiceless; official and unofficial sources of information can be equally valid.
  让无声的人们发出声音，官方信息和非官方的信息被以同样价值对待。
• The hegemonic culture gradually becomes voiceless with the challenges posed by minor discursive texts.
  霸权文化受到了来自少数话语文本的挑战。