Reticent
['retɪs(ə)nt] or ['rɛtɪsnt]
解释:
(adj.) reluctant to draw attention to yourself .
(adj.) temperamentally disinclined to talk .
录入:内丽--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Inclined to keep silent; reserved; uncommunicative.
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同义词及近义词：
a. Reserved, taciturn, silent (by habit).
校对:塔玛拉
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Silent, taciturn, voiceless, still, re-
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例句:
- In short, Mr Blandois found that to pour port wine into the reticent Flintwinch was, not to open him but to shut him up. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- Lydgate too was reticent in the midst of his confidence. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- As to the details of his life during these years he was very reticent, in fact he would not talk of them at all. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- Ah, he is not reticent about himself, said Crispin dryly. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- As his words are few and his manner reticent and tentative, so must the style of his interpreter be. 柏拉图. 理想国.
- Thank you, sir,' returned that reticent individual. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- He made Gerald uncertain, because, being tall and slender and reticent, he looked like a gentleman. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
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