1·They finished their meal in total silence.
他们默不作声地吃完饭。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·Suddenly there was total silence.
突然，一片寂静。
3·If you work in total silence, that's OK, too.
如果你在完全安静的环境下工作，那也没关系。
4·They were randomly divided into four groups and exposed to various noise levels in the background, from total silence to 50 decibels, 70 decibels, and 85 decibels.
他们被随机分为四组，并被置于不同等级的背景噪音环境中，从完全寂静到有50分贝、70分贝和85分贝的噪音。
5·Since the effects were small, this may suggest that our creative thinking does not differ that much in response to total silence and 85 decibels of background noise.
由于影响很小，这也许就表明我们的创造性思维在完全寂静和有85分贝背景音中的区别并不那么大。
6·Since the results at 70 decibels were significant, the study also suggests that the right level of background noise—not too loud and not total silence—may actually improve one's creative thinking ability.
由于70分贝的噪音所产生的结果很明显，所以该研究还表明，适量的噪音环境——不太大声而不是完全寂静——实际上可能会提高一个人的创造性思维能力。
7·The whole village was in total silence.
整个村庄一片沉寂。
8·An almost total silence had closed in on him.
那时他几乎完全沉默了。
9·For sixty seconds there is total silence.
于是，便出现了60秒钟死一般的寂静。
10·Some prefer music while others enjoy total silence.
有些人喜欢听着音乐，而另外一些人喜欢完全安静。