reticence是什么意思？

reticence

英['retɪsns] 美[ˈrɛtɪsəns]

• n. 不轻易暴露想法或感情，沉默，不爱说话，含蓄；

形容词：reticent;

例句

• He breaks out of his normal reticence and tells me the whole story. 他打破了平时一贯沈默寡言的习惯,把事情原原本本都告诉了我。
• His reticence is more revealing than his speech. 他的沉默所表露的要胜过他的言词。
• There is a quite natural reticence to reveal it to outsiders. 他们也不大愿意向外人讲.
• Pearl didn't mind his reticence; in fact she liked it. 珀尔并不介意他沉默寡言；事实上，她喜欢这一点。
• Her reticence was in sharp contrast to the glamour and star status of her predecessors. 她的寡言少语和前任们的光鲜亮丽、明星范儿十足形成了鲜明的对比。
• Her reticence was in sharp contrast to the glamour and star status of her predecessors... 她的寡言少语和前任们的光鲜亮丽、明星范儿十足形成了鲜明的对比。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-GRADED
  沉默寡言的;不与人交谈的
  Someone who is reticent does not tell people about things.
  例句
  She is so reticent about her achievements... 她对自己的成就缄口不言。 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决定自己给总统写信。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  不轻易暴露想法或感情;沉默,缄默
  His reticence is more revealing than his speech. 他的沉默所表露的要胜过他的言词。 He breaks out of his normal reticence and tells me the whole story. 他打破了平时一贯沈默寡言的习惯,把事情原原本本都告诉了我。

英英词典释义

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