reticent
英 [ˈretɪsnt]
美 [ˈretɪsnt]
adj. 寡言少语; 不愿与人交谈; 有保留
Collins.1 / BNC.18407 / COCA.17152
牛津词典
adj.
- 寡言少语;不愿与人交谈;有保留
unwilling to tell people about things- She was shy and reticent.
她羞怯而寡言少语。 - He was extremely reticent about his personal life.
他对自己的个人生活讳莫如深。
- She was shy and reticent.
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 沉默寡言的;不与人交谈的
Someone who isreticentdoes not tell people about things.- She is so reticent about her achievements...
她对自己的成就缄口不言。 - Mrs. Smith, normally a reticent woman, took it upon herself to write to the President.
通常都很沉默的史密斯夫人决定自己给总统写信。
- She is so reticent about her achievements...
英英释义
adj
- reluctant to draw attention to yourself
- cool and formal in manner
- temperamentally disinclined to talk
双语例句
- She remembered how reticent her father had been about his past.
她记得她父亲多么不愿谈起他的过去。 - Mrs. Smith, normally a reticent woman, took it upon herself to write to the President.
通常都很沉默的史密斯夫人决定自己给总统写信。 - She is a reticent woman.
她是一个缄默的女人。 - She was morose, pale, and reticent.
她面色苍白、忧郁孤僻,并且沉默寡言。 - After going through endless and reticent long night, the health emitted one's own sound at last: It should break this kind of silence state!
在历经沉默的漫漫长夜之后,身体终于发出了自己的声音:它要打破这种沉默状态! - It was a matter upon which he was reticent.
这是一个他讳莫如深的话题。 - Don't get reticent because you're good at your current role.
不要因为你擅长现在的工作就沉默不语、停滞不前。 - It was a matter upon which he was reticent. You'll have to be more careful what you say; you really caught her on the raw when you mentioned her first husband.
你以后讲话得更加小心;你提到了她的第一个丈夫,这是她忌讳的事。 - For understandable reasons Mr Obama has been reticent about the scale of young black alienation in the US.
出于可理解的原因,奥巴马对美国黑人青年的异化程度一直保持沉默。 - The mermaid in the deep sea, it is brilliant that no matter how lights on the bankare. debark, what is done? Is a beautiful one interspersed, or a reticent onlooker?
深海中的人鱼,无论岸上灯火如何辉煌。上岸,去做什么?一个美丽的点缀,还是一个沉默的旁观者?