He depended as much on silence as he did on notes to get his message across.

就像对待每个音符一样，他也依靠休止符来传递音乐的讯息。

The comma was the weakest, the shortest rest, the period the strongest and the longest.

逗号是最弱、最短的休止符，句号是最强、最长的。

Was punctuation still supposed to be simple musical rest to break up words, or did they need rules?

标点符号仍然应该是简单的音乐休止符来分解单词，还是需要规则？

The British flag was lowered over Helmand Province in Afghanistan this week, a symbol that the U.K.'s combat mission in the country is over.

本周驻扎在阿富汗赫尔曼德省堡垒营的英空军基地降下英国国旗，标志着这场远征终于画上休止符。

An armistice in 1953 might have stopped fighting in the Korean War, it didn't eased tensions between the two countries divided by the DMZ.

而1953的停战协议虽然可能已经使得朝鲜战争画上休止符，但是隔离区并没有缓解双方剑拔弩张的态势。

But in that case there would be no resting-place below full employment until either the rate of interest was incapable of falling further or wages were zero.

但在那种情况下，在利率无法进一步下降或工资为零之前，将没有低于充分就业的休止符。

Perhaps the best example is one of Cage's most famous compositions— a solo piano piece consisting of nothing but musical rests for four minutes and 33 seconds.

也许最好的例子是凯奇最著名的作品之一——一首钢琴独奏曲，除了 4 分 33 秒的音乐休止符之外什么都没有。