reticence

n. 无言, 沉默, 勉强

发音

UK /ˈɹɛtɪs(ə)ns/
US /ˈɹɛtəs(ə)ns/
US /-ɾə-/

词形变化

reticences 复数 reticences reticenced reticences 三单 reticencing 现在分词 reticenced 过去式 reticenced 过去分词

别名

reticense

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Avoidance of saying or reluctance to say too much; discretion, tight-lippedness; (countable) an instance of acting in this manner.

    比喻 不可数 可数
  2. 2.

    A silent and reserved nature.

    不可数 可数
  3. 3.

    Followed by of: discretion or restraint in the use of something.

    不可数 可数
  4. 4.

    Often followed by to: hesitancy or reluctance (to do something).

    不可数 可数
  5. 5.

    Synonym of aposiopesis (“an abrupt breaking-off in speech”).

    可数 废旧 不可数
v.
  1. 1.

    To deliberately not listen or pay attention to; to disregard, to ignore.

    罕用 及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

reserve taciturnity

上位词 1

uncommunicativeness

词源

The noun is borrowed from Middle French réticence (“act of keeping silent, silence; reserve; aposiopesis”) (modern French réticence (“tight-lippedness, reticence”)), or derived from its etymon Latin reticentia (“act of keeping silent, silence; aposiopesis”), from reticēns (“keeping silent, reticent, silent; keeping secret, concealing”) + -ia (suffix forming feminine abstract nouns). Reticēns is the present active participle of reticeō (“to keep silent; to keep secret, conceal”), from re- (prefix meaning ‘again’) + taceō (“to be silent, keep quiet”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tak- or *tHk-). The English word is cognate with Italian reticenza (“reticence”), Portuguese reticência, Spanish reticencia (“reticence; reluctance”). The verb is derived from the noun.

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