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

• 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。
• I was a little reticent to come over and talk to you.
  我没想着要过来跟你说话。
• 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。
• 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。
• It was a matter upon which he was reticent. You'll have to be more careful what you say; you really caught her on the raw when you mentioned her first husband.
  你以后讲话得更加小心；你提到了她的第一个丈夫，这是她忌讳的事。
• 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。
• He seemed unduly reticent on the subject of his past.
  他似乎对他过去的事情讳莫如深。
• 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。