reticent
美音:[´retısənt
]
英音:[´retısənt
]
adj.沉默寡言的
难易程度:
reticent为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
副词:reticently
词根
tac,tic＝silent（安静的）
近义词, 同义词
reticent
/'retɪsnt; `rɛtəsnt/
adj ~ (about/on sth) not revealing one's thoughts or feelings easily; reserved 不轻易暴露思想或感情的; 有保留的
*be reticent about one's plans 不愿谈自己的计画
* He seemed unduly reticent on the subject of his past. 他似乎对他过去的事情讳莫如深.
adj ~ (about/on sth) not revealing one's thoughts or feelings easily; reserved 不轻易暴露思想或感情的; 有保留的
*be reticent about one's plans 不愿谈自己的计画
* He seemed unduly reticent on the subject of his past. 他似乎对他过去的事情讳莫如深.
reticent
adj
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Latin;Origin: , present participle of reticere 'to keep silent', from tacere; TACIT]
unwilling to talk about what you feel or what you know
= reservedreticent about
She's strangely reticent about her son.
>reticencen[U]
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Latin;Origin: , present participle of reticere 'to keep silent', from tacere; TACIT]
unwilling to talk about what you feel or what you know
= reservedreticent about
She's strangely reticent about her son.
>reticencen[U]
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