adj.平静的；冷静的
v.(使)平静；(使)镇静
n.镇定；平静；平稳
The calm sea gave no hint of the storm that was coming. 平静的海上没有一点迹象显示暴风雨即将来临。
She always remains cool, calm and collected in a crisis. 她在危难中总能保持冷静、 平静和镇静。
You should keep calm even in face of danger. 即使面临危险，你也应当保持镇静。
用作动词 (v.)Moved by what she said, he could hardly calm down. 由于被她那些话所感动,他很难平静下来。
Before the performance everybody held a deep breath to calm down themselves. 上台表演前,每个人都,让自己平静下来。
The prime minister made a low-key speech, hoping to calm the situation. 首相作了一次低调的演说,希望使形势缓和下来。
In mental institutions, doctors often let the patients listen to soft music to calm their emotions. 在精神病院里,医生也常常让病患听一些很柔和的音乐,使他们的情绪稳定下来。
用作名词 (n.)Under his apparent calm lay real anxiety. 他表面镇静,内心焦虑。
The sea had continued calm until a hurricane rose. 飓风来临之前,海面一直平静。
The hall was very quiet, but it was the calm before the storm. 大厅里一片安静,但这是暴风雨前的平静。
Instantly the baby girl responds.The pulse rate becomes calm and steady. 小女孩立刻有了反应，她的脉搏开始变地平稳。
You can be called into action with the knowledge that can bring calm to a changing planet. 你能够以知识发动进入行动那将能带著平稳去一个改变中的行星。
calm的基本意思是指“平静的”“不受干扰的”状态,主要指大海或天气,用于人指情绪不是“激动的”。
calm常与be, become, feel, get, keep, grow, remain等系动词连用,可用quite, perfectly, comparatively等副词修饰,在句中可用作定语或表语。
calm在口语中还可作“恬不知耻的”解。
n.(名词)calm用作名词时,基本意思是“安静”“宁静”“镇静”“不紧张”,多用于单数形式,不可数。
calm作“无风时刻”“平静时刻”解时,是可数名词,其前常用不定冠词,也可加上其他形容词作修饰语。
v.(动词)calm的基本意思是“(使)平静下来”。用于修饰空间、天气、海洋等时,指有风有浪到无风无浪平静状态的过程; 用于修饰人时,指人的头脑由激动状态(悲伤、情绪不稳或烦恼)到冷静、镇静的过程。用于后者时含有靠其判断力、意志或信仰而由紊乱状态恢复到内心的完全“安静”“安宁”“无骚动”状态。
calm可用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词。calm的主语可为人,也可为海、风、形势等,其宾语多为(反身)代词,也可为名词(如神经、恐惧等)。calm一般不用于被动结构。
