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- reticence
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She is so reticent about her achievements...
她对自己的成就缄口不言。
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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。
reticence
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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。
- Noun
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1. the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary
- synonym: reserve,taciturnity
- 1. 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。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. His reticence is more revealing than his speech.
- 他的沉默所表露的要胜过他的言词。
来自《简明英汉词典》


