reticence

英

美

n.  沉默; 含蓄

复数：reticences　

TOEFL

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.
  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

noun

• the trait of being uncommunicative
  Synonym:reservetaciturnity

双语例句

• One of the reasons for such reticence has been the emergence of another "them and US" this time within Western societies.
  出现这种情况的原因之一，是另一个“他们和我们”的出现这一次是在西方社会内部。
• But he also shows rare unease and reticence when asked if he had always harboured doubts about the strategy, even as he drove it forward under Nardelli.
  但在被问及他是否一直对这一战略抱着疑虑（甚至在纳尔代利领导下推行这一战略时）时，他也显示出了罕见的不安与沉默。
• 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？
• 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。
• His reticence found its way into his craft.
  他以自己的方式找到了解决之道。
• Some foreign teachers mistake Chinese students 'reticence for indifference.
  某些外籍教师把中国学生的沉默误认为是冷漠。
• This reticence is not due to a sudden outbreak of modesty among Republican hopefuls.
  会出现这种沉默，并不是因为有希望的共和党人突然变得谦虚起来。
• 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。
• 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。
• Love grows in reticence and matures in reverie.
  爱情，在静穆中生长，又在遐想中浓郁。