reticence
英['retɪs(ə)ns]
美['rɛtəsns]
- n. 沉默寡言
词态变化
形容词: reticent;
英文词源
- reticence (n.)
- c. 1600, from Middle French réticence (16c.), from Latin reticentia "silence, a keeping silent," from present participle stem of reticere "keep silent," from re- (see re-), + tacere "be silent" (see tacit). "Not in common use until after 1830" [OED].
双语例句
- 1. Pearl didn't mind his reticence; in fact she liked it.
- 珀尔并不介意他沉默寡言；事实上，她喜欢这一点。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Her reticence was in sharp contrast to the glamour and star status of her predecessors.
- 她的寡言少语和前任们的光鲜亮丽、明星范儿十足形成了鲜明的对比。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. He breaks out of his normal reticence and tells me the whole story.
- 他打破了平时一贯沈默寡言的习惯,把事情原原本本都告诉了我.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. This was the answer to Ashley's reticence, to his strange conduct.
- 是了,希礼之所以始终不响, 所以有那么出乎意外的行为,如今都得到解释了.
来自辞典例句
- 5. There is a quite natural reticence to reveal it to outsiders.
- 他们也不大愿意向外人讲.
来自辞典例句