reticent
英 ['ret?s(?)nt]
美 ['r?t?snt]
助記提示
1. 阿姨和你提到了錢(qián)，所以你沉默了。
2. 阿姨提到向你要錢(qián)，你沒(méi)錢(qián)，所以只能沉默不語(yǔ)。
中文詞源
reticent 寡言少語(yǔ)的來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ) reticere,保持安靜，來(lái)自 re-,表強(qiáng)調(diào)，tacere,安靜，詞源同 tacit.引申詞義寡言少語(yǔ) 的。
英文詞源
- 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).
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. She is so reticent about her achievements.
- 她對(duì)自己的成就緘口不言。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. She was shy and reticent.
- 她羞怯而寡言少語(yǔ)。
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 3. He was reticent about his opinion.
- 他有保留意見(jiàn).
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 4. She was morose, pale, and reticent.
- 她面色蒼白、憂郁孤僻，并且沉默寡言。
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 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決定自己給總統(tǒng)寫(xiě)信。
來(lái)自辭典例句