reticence
n. 沉默寡言
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不轻易暴露想法或感情；沉默；不爱说话；含蓄
英英释义
reticence[ 'retisəns ]
n.the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary
同义词：reservetaciturnity
双语例句
用作名词(n.)
His reticence is more revealing than his speech.
他的沉默所表露的要胜过他的言词。
It was impossible to break through her barricade of reticence.
要打破她沉默的壁垒简直是不可能的。
权威例句
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reticence (n.)
c. 1600, from Middle French réticence (16c.), from Latin reticentia "silence, a keeping silent," from present participle stem of reticere "keep silent," from re- (see re-), + tacere "be silent" (see tacit). "Not in common use until after 1830" [OED].
1. Inherently introverted, he realised early on that as an academic, his reticence would prove disastrous in the lecture hall.
他生性内向，很早就意识到，作为一名学者，他的沉默寡言在演讲厅里将带来灾难性的后果。
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2. Pearl didn't mind his reticence; in fact she liked it.
珀尔不介意他的沉默，事实上她喜欢这一点。
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3. So why the official reticence?
那为什么官方又对此缄默不言呢？
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4. Bird reticence, flower shy.
鸟自无言花自羞。
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5. But his reticence of love prolonged it.
他在爱情上的沉默延长了魔法。
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6. There are several reasons for this reticence.
对于他的沉默，有几个原因。
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7. I had to continue to try to overcome the disk's reticence.
我不得不继续努力克服磁盘的故障。
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8. But his reticence boded nothing good to the Anglican cause.
但他的沉默预示着什么好事，圣公会的事业。
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9. He always display a certain reticence in discuss personal matter.
他在谈论个人问题时总显得有些保留。
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10. There is something admirable in his reticence, but he needs to overcome it.
虽然他的这种沉默寡言有令人钦佩的地方，但他还是需要克服这一点。
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11. He always displays a certain reticence in discussing personal matters.
他在谈论个人问题时总显得有些保留。
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12. His long reticence temporarily distracted attention from a bigger lacuna.
他始终保持沉默，分散了人们对一个更大缺漏的注意力。
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13. He broke out his habit of reticence and tell me everything about the thing.
他打破平时一贯沉默寡言的习惯，把事情原原本本都告诉了我。
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14. To some foreign observers, this reticence about private involvement looks odd.
对于一些外国观察者，这种关于私人参与的缄默态度看起来非常奇怪。
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15. Still, he notes, a cultural reticence to speak up can be difficult to overcome.
他继续提到，沉默文化很难克服。
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16. Such reticence is unusual: less than 1% of private gifts to charity are anonymous.
这种缄默是如此与从不同：因为只有不到1%的私人捐助是匿名的。
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17. The English rarely say what they mean and tend towards reticence and understatement.
英国人很少想什么说什么，而倾向于轻描淡写、留有余地。
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18. His reticence, more than anything, caused fury among the parents and his fellow-teachers.
他的抵触情绪比其他任何东西都更激起家长和同事们的激愤。
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19. Kaos says that Jacobs' reticence leaves room for the player's own interpretation of events.
Kaos说，Jacobs的寡言少语为玩家对事件自行解读留了余地。
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20. Theirs was a loving union, but also a traditional one, full of reticence and distinct spheres.
他们的婚姻是一个充满爱的结合，但也有传统的一面，充满了有所保留与截然不同的[color=#0000ff]棱性。
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21. The studio played along since her reticence seemed to create more interest in the Swedish sphinx.
她的沉默似乎让人们对这个瑞典女神越来越着迷，而电影公司也竭力给予配合。
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22. Giving the reticence right to the defendant is the necessary demand and tendency of legalization.
赋予被告人沉默权是法制化的必然要求和趋势。
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23. Researchers have recently discovered that altering a single gene can overcome the plants' reticence.
研究人员近来发现，改变某种基因可以克服植物防御的迟缓性。
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24. Their reticence could reflect fears of copycat crimes, or simply the old habit of suppressing news during big events.
他们对这些事件保持缄默的态度反映了他们对犯罪模仿的忧虑，或者反映了他们在大型活动期间压制新闻报道的习惯。
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25. Wang Ho-fu spoke with his usual bantering smile, which contrasted strongly with Sun Chi-jen's reticence and taciturnity.
王和甫仍是笑嘻嘻地说。他的老是带几分开玩笑似的笑嘻嘻，和孙吉人的沉默寡言是很相反的。
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26. Wang Ho-fu spoke with his usual bantering smile, which contrasted strongly with Sun Chi-jen's reticence and taciturnity.
王和甫仍是笑嘻嘻地说。他的老是带几分开玩笑似的笑嘻嘻，和孙吉人的沉默寡言是很相反的。
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