reticent

英 [ˈretɪsnt]

美 [ˈretɪsnt]

adj.  寡言少语; 不愿与人交谈; 有保留

IELTSGRETEM8法律

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

• 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。
• 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。
• People that are low in self-confidence tend to be reticent and somewhat anxious.
  不自信的人更低调或者有一点容易焦虑。
• 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。
• 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！
• She was morose, pale, and reticent.
  她面色苍白、忧郁孤僻，并且沉默寡言。
• 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。
• 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！
• Banks have been reticent to provide services to companies in the burgeoning marijuana industry because the legality is murky.
  由于法律界定的模糊，银行一直对向蓬勃发展的大麻产业提供服务持谨慎态度。
• He was reticent, patrician, bookish, urbane.
  他沉默含蓄，雍容华贵，书生气十足，而又温文有礼。