There was an ominous silence at the other end of the phone.
电话那端是一阵不祥的沉默。
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》She picked up the phone but there was an ominous silence at the other end.
她拿起电话,但对方只有不祥的沉默。
《牛津词典》There was an ominous silence in the room.
房间里有一种不详的寂静。
This silence, this rejection of dialogue, of all forms of clinching, is our "terror", ominous and threatening as it should be.
这种沉默,这种对话的拒绝,这种对一切扭抱形式的拒绝,乃是我们的“恐怖”,纵然它应当是不祥的,是危险的。
Yet the silence from Washington after his visit to Okinawa was ominous, speaking eloquently of an apparent lack of faith in Mr Hatoyama himself.
但是,在鸠山访问冲绳岛之后华盛顿的安静却给他们带来一种不详的预感,这种安静似乎在说明鸠山先生对自己显然缺乏足够的信心。