mental reservation
英 [ˈmentl ˌrezəˈveɪʃn]
美 [ˈmentl ˌrezərˈveɪʃn]
心理保留,(对某项声明的)未明言的保留
英英释义
noun
- an unstated doubt that prevents you from accepting something wholeheartedly
双语例句
- She outwardly approved of the plan with the mental reservation that she would change it to suit herself.
她外表上对这计划表示赞成,但内心却想照自已心意改变它以顺应自己。 - Head son, you can't be doubting that I have mental reservation?
头儿,您不会是在怀疑我有所隐瞒吧? - Some have learnt many Tricks of sly Evasion, Instead of Truth they use Equivocation, and eke it out with mental Reservation, Which is to good Men an Abomination.
一些人学会了玩狡猾借口的把戏,他们用含糊不清代替真相,以持保留态度来竭力自圆其说,在好人看来这实在讨厌。 - He that will live in this world must be endowed with the three rare qualities of dissimulation, equivocation, and mental reservation.
举凡有意在这世上谋求生存者,必须具备三种难得的天资:掩饰感情、含糊其词、保留己见。