Subdue

(v. t.) To bring under; to conquer by force or the exertion of superior power, and bring into permanent subjection; to reduce under dominion; to vanquish.

(v. t.) To overpower so as to disable from further resistance; to crush.

(v. t.) To destroy the force of; to overcome; as, medicines subdue a fever.

(v. t.) To render submissive; to bring under command; to reduce to mildness or obedience; to tame; as, to subdue a stubborn child; to subdue the temper or passions.

(v. t.) To overcome, as by persuasion or other mild means; as, to subdue opposition by argument or entreaties.

(v. t.) To reduce to tenderness; to melt; to soften; as, to subdue ferocity by tears.

(v. t.) To make mellow; to break, as land; also, to destroy, as weeds.

(v. t.) To reduce the intensity or degree of; to tone down; to soften; as, to subdue the brilliancy of colors.

编辑:谢尔顿

• Tarzan would have liked to subdue the ugly beast without recourse to knife or arrows. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• Meyler was man of the world enough to subdue his feelings so far as to treat Ebrington with something like civility. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• She would not subdue one of her charms in compassion. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Something in his prompt acquiescence frightened her; she felt behind it the stored force of a patience that might subdue the strongest will. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• With all his cruel ferocity and coldness there was an undercurrent of something in Tars Tarkas which he seemed ever battling to subdue. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• You shall subdue the society which has grievously wronged you, to your own high spirit. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Did you--' Bradley tried to ask it quietly; but, do what he might with his voice, he could not subdue his face;--'did you ever see them together? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• 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.
• The Queen, his wife, knew this: it seemed to me, the reflection of her husband's grief lay, a subduing shadow, on her own benignant face. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Men pass through such superhuman loves and outlive them: they are the probation subduing the heart to human joys. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• I looked in the glass, settled my headdress as becomingly as possible, and trusted to my charms and soft speeches for subduing his anger as usual. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Five harpoons and one hundred and fifty-one bullets were used in subduing the monster, and it took five days to finally kill it. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• And now, as I close my task, subduing my desire to linger yet, these faces fade away. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• The wind, prince of air, raged through his kingdom, lashing the sea into fury, and subduing the rebel earth into some sort of obedience. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Mr Wegg slowly subdues his ironical tone and his lingering irritation, and resumes his pipe. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.

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