reticence

英

美

n.  沉默; 含蓄

复数：reticences　

TOEFL

BNC.18741 / COCA.18151

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

noun

• the trait of being uncommunicative
  Synonym:reservetaciturnity

双语例句

• Love grows in reticence and matures in reverie.
  爱情，在静穆中生长，又在遐想中浓郁。
• I sensed a reticence on their part to discuss the deal.
  我能感到他们方面在讨论交易时比较勉强。
• His activities not only eased Washington's political reticence on military support for Algeria, but also provided the missing link in its banana theory of terrorism.
  他的活动不仅缓和华盛顿对阿尔及利亚的军事支持，而且还提供了恐怖主义在其理论中的缺失。
• 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。
• Luther did not understand Zwingli's reticence to accept a physical presence of Christ in the Eucharist.
  路德并不明白慈运理为何无法接受基督在圣餐中实际的同在。
• Some foreign teachers mistake Chinese students 'reticence for indifference.
  某些外籍教师把中国学生的沉默误认为是冷漠。
• 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。
• I had to continue to try to overcome the disk's reticence.
  我不得不继续努力克服磁盘的故障。
• This reticence has not served China well.
  这种沉默对中国并没有多大好处。
• Wang Ho-fu spoke with his usual bantering smile, which contrasted strongly with Sun Chi-jen's reticence and taciturnity.
  王和甫仍是笑嘻嘻地说。他的老是带几分开玩笑似的笑嘻嘻，和孙吉人的沉默寡言是很相反的。