reticent
英['retɪs(ə)nt]
美['rɛtɪsnt]
- adj. 沉默的；有保留的；谨慎的
词态变化
名词: reticence;
助记提示
1. 阿姨和你提到了钱，所以你沉默了。
2. 阿姨提到向你要钱，你没钱，所以只能沉默不语。
中文词源
reticent 寡言少语的
来自拉丁语 reticere,保持安静，来自 re-,表强调，tacere,安静，词源同 tacit.引申词义寡言少语 的。
英文词源
- reticent
- reticent: [19] The ultimate source of reticent is Latin tacēre ‘be silent’ (source of English tacit and taciturn). Combination with the intensive prefix re- produced reticēre ‘keep silent’, whose present participle gave English reticent. It was preceded into the language by over two hundred years by the derived noun reticence.
=> tacit, taciturn - reticent (adj.)
- 1834, from Latin reticentem (nominative reticens), present participle of reticere "be silent" (see reticence).
双语例句
- 1. She is so reticent about her achievements.
- 她对自己的成就缄口不言。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. She was shy and reticent.
- 她羞怯而寡言少语。
来自《权威词典》
- 3. He was reticent about his opinion.
- 他有保留意见.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. She was morose, pale, and reticent.
- 她面色苍白、忧郁孤僻，并且沉默寡言。
来自辞典例句
- 5. 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。
来自辞典例句