Reticent
['retɪs(ə)nt] or ['rɛtɪsnt]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) reluctant to draw attention to yourself .
(adj.) temperamentally disinclined to talk .
錄入:内丽--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Inclined to keep silent; reserved; uncommunicative.
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同義詞及近義詞：
a. Reserved, taciturn, silent (by habit).
校對:塔玛拉
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Silent, taciturn, voiceless, still, re-
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例句/造句/用法:
- In short, Mr Blandois found that to pour port wine into the reticent Flintwinch was, not to open him but to shut him up. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Lydgate too was reticent in the midst of his confidence. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- As to the details of his life during these years he was very reticent, in fact he would not talk of them at all. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- Ah, he is not reticent about himself, said Crispin dryly. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- As his words are few and his manner reticent and tentative, so must the style of his interpreter be. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- Thank you, sir,' returned that reticent individual. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- He made Gerald uncertain, because, being tall and slender and reticent, he looked like a gentleman. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
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