reticence
n. 不轻易暴露想法或感情; 沉默; 不爱说话; 含蓄
Someone who is reticent does 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。
1. the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary
This was the answer to Ashley's reticence, to his strange conduct.
是了,希礼之所以始终不响, 所以有那么出乎意外的行为,如今都得到解释了.
He breaks out of his normal reticence and tells me the whole story.
他打破了平时一贯沈默寡言的习惯,把事情原原本本都告诉了我.
He broke out of his normal reticence and told me the whole story.
他打破了平时一贯沉默寡言的习惯,把事情原原本本都告诉了我.
Australian Prime Minister John Howard, a close U.S. ally , showed no such reticence.
澳洲总理霍华德虽是美国亲密的盟友, 但可就没有这麽节制了.
A sound marriage is not based on complete frankness; it is based on a sensible reticence.
一个坚固婚姻的基础不是完全的坦白, 而是懂得在什么时候保持缄默.