muteness

基本解釋

Through such indomitable thinking, the Chinese claim they have found a cure for deaf-muteness.
貫徹這種不屈不撓的思想，中國人聲稱，他們已經(jīng)發(fā)現(xiàn)了一種聾啞治療法。
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After that display of muteness and passivity, you can only imagine a woman—one with shiny lips—steering the beast.
在沉默和順從之后，你只能想象一位紅唇女郎駕馭野獸的場面。
In our country, right to muteness as a right with side effect on state right and interest, whether it will become a basic rule of criminal action, has sparked extensive controversy.
在我國，沉默權(quán)作為能夠?qū)覚?quán)力和利益產(chǎn)生一定副作用的權(quán)利，能否成為刑事訴訟的一項基本規(guī)則，已引起了廣泛的爭議。

He had tried to advance in this way, but had not succeeded, and so he had retreated into the muteness they expected, and perhaps preferred.
NEWYORKER: The Limner
But the Slows appeared to enjoy the helplessness of their larvae—the lack of humanity, the deplorable fervor of the little creatures, their muteness, their mindless appetites, their selfishness, their ignorance, their inability to act.
NEWYORKER: The Slows