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

• 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。
• I was a little reticent to come over and talk to you.
  我没想着要过来跟你说话。
• He has become even more reticent since then.
  从此，他变得更沉默了。
• Many in the rising world, of course, welcome a more reticent America.
  当然，在日益崛起的国家当中，许多人都欢迎一个更为低调的美国。
• He seemed unduly reticent on the subject of his past.
  他似乎对他过去的事情讳莫如深。
• 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 a reticent woman.
  她是一个缄默的女人。
• 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。
• Reticent about one's hope She won't talk about going.
  对自己的希望闭口不谈而她却闭口不提走的事。