简开始重新建立自己自结婚以来便陷于沉寂的社交生活。Jane began to rebuild her social life which had been non-existent since her marriage.这条街两边都是高大而沉寂的房屋, 来往的行人并不多.It was a street of high silent - looking dwellings, not of traffic.夜已来临,这是黑暗, 凄凉, 沉寂...

“沉寂的”的英语可以翻译为：dreary，quiet，still，drowsy ...