reticence
英
美
n. 沉默; 含蓄
复数:reticences
BNC.18741 / COCA.18151
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
noun
- the trait of being uncommunicative
双语例句
- My dear father broke out of his normal reticence and asked me to tell him frankly what I wished to do.
我亲爱的父亲一反其平时的沉默寡言,要我坦率地告诉他我想做什么。 - His activities not only eased Washington's political reticence on military support for Algeria, but also provided the missing link in its banana theory of terrorism.
他的活动不仅缓和华盛顿对阿尔及利亚的军事支持,而且还提供了恐怖主义在其理论中的缺失。 - This reticence has not served China well.
这种沉默对中国并没有多大好处。 - A sound marriage is not based on complete frankness; it is based on a sensible reticence.
一个坚固婚姻的基础不是完全的坦白,而是懂得在什么时候保持缄默。 - He broke out of his normal reticence and told me the whole story.
他打破了平时一贯沉默寡言的习惯,把事情原原本本都告诉了我。 - I sensed a reticence on their part to discuss the deal.
我能感到他们方面在讨论交易时比较勉强。 - But why the reticence when I inquired about the Hainan development?
但当我问及海南开发项目时,朱鼎健为何会保持缄默呢? - At the same time, you might think his reticence, his reluctance to speak in his own voice may have also been a response to the fate of Socrates and politically endangered situation of philosophy.
同时,你也可以将他的缄默,与不发言的冷淡,可能也是,对苏格拉底的遭遇,及哲学在政治上危险处境的响应。 - His reticence about his past made them very suspicious.
他对自己过去的闭口不谈使得他们满腹狐疑。 - I had to continue to try to overcome the disk's reticence.
我不得不继续努力克服磁盘的故障。