n.偿清;解除;寂灭;死;
例句:
After a quietus of twenty years she returned.
她隐退二十年后又东山再起.
The police gave the villain his quietus.
警察结果了那坏蛋的性命.
The plan has finally got its quietus, ie been abandoned.
这一计画终于胎死腹中(遭放弃).