累计查询 0.00 亿次

reticence

英 /ˈretɪsns/美 /ˈretɪsns/
  • n.
    沉默寡言

双语例句

  1. Inherently introverted, he realised early on that as an academic, his reticence would prove disastrous in the lecture hall.
    他生性内向，很早就意识到，作为一名学者，他的沉默寡言在演讲厅里将带来灾难性的后果。
  2. Pearl didn't mind his reticence; in fact she liked it.
    珀尔不介意他的沉默，事实上她喜欢这一点。
    来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
  3. So why the official reticence?
    那为什么官方又对此缄默不言呢？

网络短语

  • Family Reticence
    家庭沉默
  • No Need For Reticence
    毋庸讳言
  • volubility reticence
    口若悬河
  • A Noble Reticence
    一种高贵缄默
  • reticence e
    沉默；沉默寡言

词语扩展

n.
taciturnity
沉默寡言
adj.
reticent沉默的；有保留的；谨慎的
adv.
reticently沉默地，沉默寡言地

英英释义

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

词源

  • reticence
    来自中世纪法语réticence, 来自拉丁语reticentia, 来自reticēre
  • reticence
    From Middle French réticence, from Latin reticentia, from reticēre