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
- Chinese industry executives attending the show remain reticent to discuss the J-11B program.
正在参观展览的这位中国产业主管对讨论J-11B项目保持沉默。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Many in the rising world, of course, welcome a more reticent America.
当然，在日益崛起的国家当中，许多人都欢迎一个更为低调的美国。 - He has become even more reticent since then.
从此，他变得更沉默了。 - They "talk a lot", while Asian students are reticent, she says.
她说，这些学生“有很多话说”，而亚洲的学生则沉默寡言。 - 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。 - 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！ - 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。