reticence的中文翻譯是什麼意思

reticence

US/ˈrɛtɪsəns/
UK/'retɪsns/

n. 不輕易暴露想法或感情; 沉默; 不愛說話; 含蓄

reticence柯林斯釋義

ADJ-GRADED沉默寡言的;不與人交談的

Someone who is reticent does not tell people about things.

  • She is so reticent about her achievements...

    她對自己的成就緘口不言。

  • 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決定自己給總統寫信。

reticence英文釋義

Noun

1. the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary

    reticence場景例句

    This was the answer to Ashley's reticence, to his strange conduct.

    是了,希禮之所以始終不響, 所以有那麼出乎意外的行為,如今都得到解釋了.

    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.

    He broke out of his normal reticence and told me the whole story.

    他打破了平時一貫沉默寡言的習慣,把事情原原本本都告訴了我.

    Australian Prime Minister John Howard, a close U.S. ally , showed no such reticence.

    澳洲總理霍華德雖是美國親密的盟友, 但可就沒有這麼節制了.

    A sound marriage is not based on complete frankness; it is based on a sensible reticence.

    一個堅固婚姻的基礎不是完全的坦白, 而是懂得在什麼時候保持緘默.

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    reticence詞性變形

    reticent

    reticence近義詞

    constraintsilence