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
- Although I am a rather reticent individual by nature, I made the most of the oral presentations in class. And soon my confidence level soared.
尽管我生性沉默寡言,但我充分利用了课堂上做口头陈述的机会,这使我不久就信心倍增。 - 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。 - Just how much can a polite and reticent people withstand? That is the test for modern China.
现在的问题是,儒雅而沉默的中国人能对此容忍多少,这是对当代中国的一个考验。 - You have an extra reason to be reticent.
你应该保持沉默还有一个理由。 - 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? - I am reticent, the ones that because it is thin to float in the heart are sad!
我沉默,因为心上漂着淡淡的忧伤! - 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。 - In winter, like a reticent old woman, with the waves of bone-chilling wind coming!
冬天像一位不爱说话的老婆婆,随着一阵阵刺骨的寒风来了! - He was reticent on his plans.
对于他的计划他是沉默的。 - 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。