discreetly
adv. 谨慎地,小心地
If you are discreet, you are polite and careful in what you do or say, because you want to avoid embarrassing or offending someone.
They were gossipy and not always discreet...
他们很爱传闲话,而且常常口无遮拦。
He followed at a discreet distance.
他小心翼翼地尾随在后,保持着一段距离。
If you are discreet about something you are doing, you do not tell other people about it, in order to avoid being embarrassed or to gain an advantage.
We were very discreet about the romance...
我们对这段恋情很谨慎。
She's making a few discreet inquiries with her mother's friends.
她旁敲侧击地向她母亲的朋友们打听过几次。
If you describe something as discreet, you approve of it because it is small in size or degree, or not easily noticed.
She wore discreet jewellery.
她戴着素净的首饰。
1. with discretion; prudently and with wise self-restraint;
I took the phone, and she went discreetly into the living room.
我拿起了电话,她知趣地进了客厅。
He glanced discreetly around the room at the other people.
他谨慎地瞥了一眼房间里的其他人。
His face will be discreetly concealed by camera angles.
通过调整照相机的角度,他的脸将被巧妙地遮住。
Everyone tried discreetly to find out more about him.
每个人都言语不露痕迹地试图打探到更多关于他的事。
The two rooms were relatively small and discreetly lit.
这两个房间相对来说较小,且灯光柔和。