reticent
英 [ˈret.ɪ.sənt]
美 [ˈret̬.ə.sənt]
1. 阿姨和你提到了钱,所以你沉默了。
2. 阿姨提到向你要钱,你没钱,所以只能沉默不语。
reticent 寡言少语的来自拉丁语 reticere,保持安静,来自 re-,表强调,tacere,安静,词源同 tacit.引申词义寡言少语 的。
- reticent
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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).
- 1. She is so reticent about her achievements.
- 她对自己的成就缄口不言。
- 2. She was shy and reticent.
- 她羞怯而寡言少语。
- 3. He was reticent about his opinion.
- 他有保留意见.
- 4. She was morose, pale, and reticent.
- 她面色苍白、忧郁孤僻,并且沉默寡言。
- 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决定自己给总统写信。