reticent
英 ['ret?s(?)nt]
美 ['r?t?snt]
助記提示
1. 阿姨和你提到了錢，所以你沉默了。
2. 阿姨提到向你要錢，你沒錢，所以只能沉默不語。
中文詞源
reticent 寡言少語的來自拉丁語 reticere,保持安靜，來自 re-,表強調，tacere,安靜，詞源同 tacit.引申詞義寡言少語 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).
雙語例句
- 1. She is so reticent about her achievements.
- 她對自己的成就緘口不言。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. She was shy and reticent.
- 她羞怯而寡言少語。
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. He was reticent about his opinion.
- 他有保留意見.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 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寫信。
來自辭典例句