reticent

英 [ˈretɪsnt]

美 [ˈretɪsnt]

adj.  寡言少语; 不愿与人交谈; 有保留

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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
  1. She was shy and reticent.
     她羞怯而寡言少语。
  2. He was extremely reticent about his personal life.
     他对自己的个人生活讳莫如深。

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.
  1. She is so reticent about her achievements...
     她对自己的成就缄口不言。
  2. 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。

英英释义

adj

• reluctant to draw attention to yourself
  Synonym:self-effacingretiring
• cool and formal in manner
  Synonym:restrainedunemotional
• temperamentally disinclined to talk
  Synonym:untalkative

双语例句

• 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？
• 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。
• But, although it has been painfully reticent, safe only seems to have bought small slices of Western companies so far.
  然而，虽然外管局一直煞费苦心的保持缄默，但似乎迄今仅收购了多家西方企业的一小部分股权。
• 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！
• 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！
• She is a reticent woman.
  她是一个缄默的女人。
• 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。
• She was morose, pale, and reticent.
  她面色苍白、忧郁孤僻，并且沉默寡言。
• It was a matter upon which he was reticent.
  这是一个他讳莫如深的话题。
• He seemed unduly reticent on the subject of his past.
  他似乎对他过去的事情讳莫如深。