reticence
英['ret?s(?)ns]
美['r?t?sns]
- n. 沉默寡言
詞態變化
形容詞:?reticent;
英文詞源
- reticence (n.)
- c. 1600, from Middle French réticence (16c.), from Latin reticentia "silence, a keeping silent," from present participle stem of reticere "keep silent," from re- (see re-), + tacere "be silent" (see tacit). "Not in common use until after 1830" [OED].
雙語例句
- 1. Pearl didn't mind his reticence; in fact she liked it.
- 珀爾并不介意他沉默寡言；事實上，她喜歡這一點。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Her reticence was in sharp contrast to the glamour and star status of her predecessors.
- 她的寡言少語和前任們的光鮮亮麗、明星范兒十足形成了鮮明的對比。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. He breaks out of his normal reticence and tells me the whole story.
- 他打破了平時一貫沈默寡言的習慣,把事情原原本本都告訴了我.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. This was the answer to Ashley's reticence, to his strange conduct.
- 是了,希禮之所以始終不響, 所以有那么出乎意外的行為,如今都得到解釋了.
來自辭典例句
- 5. There is a quite natural reticence to reveal it to outsiders.
- 他們也不大愿意向外人講.
來自辭典例句