reticence
英 ['ret?s(?)ns]
美['r?t?sns]
- n. 沉默寡言
實用場景例句
- She is so reticent about her achievements...
- 她對自己的成就緘口不言。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- 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決定自己給總統寫信。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- This was the answer to Ashley's reticence, to his strange conduct.
- 是了,希禮之所以始終不響, 所以有那么出乎意外的行為,如今都得到解釋了.
辭典例句
- He breaks out of his normal reticence and tells me the whole story.
- 他打破了平時一貫沈默寡言的習慣,把事情原原本本都告訴了我.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- He broke out of his normal reticence and told me the whole story.
- 他打破了平時一貫沉默寡言的習慣,把事情原原本本都告訴了我.
辭典例句
- Australian Prime Minister John Howard, a close U.S. ally , showed no such reticence.
- 澳洲總理霍華德雖是美國親密的盟友, 但可就沒有這麼節制了.
期刊摘選
- A sound marriage is not based on complete frankness; it is based on a sensible reticence.
- 一個堅固婚姻的基礎不是完全的坦白, 而是懂得在什么時候保持緘默.
期刊摘選
- His reticence are more revealing than his speech.
- 他的沉默所表露的要勝過他的言詞.
辭典例句
- But why the reticence when I inquired about the Hainan development?
- 但當我問及海南開發項目時,朱鼎健為何會保持緘默 呢 ?
期刊摘選
- It was impossible to break through her barricade of reticence.
- 要打破她沉默的壁壘簡直是不可能的.
期刊摘選
- There is a quite natural reticence for them to reveal it to outsiders.
- 他們也不大愿意向外人講,那很自然.
辭典例句
- There is a quite natural reticence to reveal it to outsiders.
- 他們也不大愿意向外人講.
辭典例句
- Less information and reticence are characteristic of prizewinners this year.
- 信息少和嚴謹是今天獲獎作品的特征.
期刊摘選
- Both parties are deservedly upbraided for their reticence on exactly how to cut the fiscal deficit.
- 兩黨對到期如何削減財政預算而保持緘默,因此應該受到責備.
期刊摘選
- However, your reticence to share could stir up in securities in someone around you.
- 然而你的躲閃可能會攪動某人心中的不安全感.
期刊摘選
- He always displays a certain reticence in discussing personal matters.
- 他在談論個人問題時總顯得有些保留.
辭典例句
- Her reticence was in sharp contrast to the glamour and star status of her predecessors.
- 她的寡言少語和前任們的光鮮亮麗、明星范兒十足形成了鮮明的對比。
柯林斯例句
- Pearl didn't mind his reticence; in fact she liked it.
- 珀爾并不介意他沉默寡言；事實上，她喜歡這一點。
柯林斯例句