reticent
英 [ˈretɪsnt]
美 [ˈretɪsnt]
adj. 寡言少语; 不愿与人交谈; 有保留
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- She was shy and reticent.
她羞怯而寡言少语。 - He was extremely reticent about his personal life.
他对自己的个人生活讳莫如深。
- She was shy and reticent.
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
adj
- reluctant to draw attention to yourself
- cool and formal in manner
- temperamentally disinclined to talk
双语例句
- I was a little reticent to come over and talk to you.
我没想着要过来跟你说话。 - 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！ - 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。 - I am reticent, the ones that because it is thin to float in the heart are sad!
我沉默，因为心上漂着淡淡的忧伤！ - 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。 - 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。 - Google wisely held its tongue, but its supporters were not so reticent.
谷歌非常明智地选择了沉默，但它的支持者们却难掩心中的愤怒。 - Although I am a rather reticent individual by nature, I made the most of the oral presentations in class. And soon my confidence level soared.
尽管我生性沉默寡言，但我充分利用了课堂上做口头陈述的机会，这使我不久就信心倍增。 - She remembered how reticent her father had been about his past.
她记得她父亲多么不愿谈起他的过去。