reticence

[美]/'retɪs(ə)ns/
[英]/'rɛtəsns/
词频: 极高

释义

n. 沉默寡言
词形变化

短语搭配

maintain reticence

保持沉默

uncharacteristic reticence

不寻常的缄默

overcome reticence

克服缄默

deep reticence

深深的沉默

sense of reticence

沉默感

例句

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。

Some reckon its failure to unearth masses of new information is down to a mix of mendacious reticence on the part of key witnesses and the pusillanimity of their inquisitors.

一些人承认,没能发现大量的新信息是由于关键证人的虚假的沉默和审判者的胆怯。

Their reticence and tenseness seemed to melt away as they petted the stray, and our sessions were relaxed and open.

他们摸拍这只无主的猫时,素日的缄默和紧张似乎融化了,疗程进行得既轻松,又坦率。

He maintained a reticence about his personal life.

他对自己的个人生活保持沉默。

Her reticence made it difficult to understand her true feelings.

她的缄默使人难以理解她的真实感受。

The politician's reticence on the issue raised suspicions.

政界人士对这个问题的沉默引起了怀疑。

She spoke with reticence, carefully choosing her words.

她说话时保持着沉默,谨慎选择措辞。

His reticence in meetings often led to misunderstandings.

他在会议上的沉默经常导致误解。

The company's reticence to disclose financial information worried investors.

公司不愿透露财务信息让投资者感到担忧。

Despite her reticence, she eventually opened up about her past.

尽管她一开始保持沉默,但最终她开诚布公谈起了自己的过去。

His reticence to share his ideas hindered the team's progress.

他不愿分享自己的想法阻碍了团队的进展。

The author's reticence to give interviews left fans curious about her inspiration.

作家不愿接受采访让粉丝们对她的灵感产生了好奇。

The reticence of the witness in court raised doubts about the validity of the testimony.

法庭上证人的沉默引起了人们对证词有效性的怀疑。

原声例句

But Mrs. Tarleton had no such reticences.

可是塔尔顿夫人却没有这样的忌讳。

来源: Gone with the Wind

Leave us some dignity, some reticence to remember out of our marriage.

最好给我们留下一点尊严,一点默默的思索,作为我们这几年结婚生活的纪念。

来源: Gone with the Wind

This was the answer to Ashley's reticence, to his strange conduct.

这就是对于艾希礼的沉默和古怪行为的解释。

来源: Gone with the Wind

There was a little more reticence now than formerly in Thomasin's manner towards her cousin.

托玛茜现在对他堂兄的态度上,说话比以前要少。

来源: Returning Home

Her normal manner among the heathfolk had that reticence which results from the consciousness of superior communicative power.

她和荒原人在一起,平时总保持沉默寡言,因为她自觉具有高人一等的交际能力。

来源: Returning Home

Although she'd proven herself with her past assignments, Bly still faced reticence from her editors.

尽管布莱已经用她过去的任务证明了自己,但她仍然面临编辑的沉默。

来源: Women Who Changed the World

His decent reticence is branded as hypocrisy, his circumlocutions are roundly called lies, and his silence is vilified as treachery.

凡是这位牧师为了维护体面不便畅言的地方都被攻击为虚伪,凡是他铺陈赘述的章节则率直地被叫作谎言,作者对某些事情保持缄默则干脆被魏特布瑞希特-罗特霍尔兹斥之为背叛。

来源: The Moon and Sixpence (Condensed Version)

How irresolute did those (earliest rulers) appear, showing (by their reticence) the importance which they set upon their words!

悠兮其贵言。

来源: Tao Te Ching

Soon he detected in her a wonderful reticence.

很快,他发现她有一种奇妙的沉默寡言。

来源: The Room with a View (Part 1)

And a reticence to talk about mental health in front of the boss may be unnecessary. Executives are people, too.

或许不必在老板面前对心理健康避而不谈。高管们也是人。

来源: The Economist (Summary)

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