reticent

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a. 无言的, 沉默的, 不情愿的 [法] 言不尽意的, 沉默寡言的, 有保留的

发音

US /ˈɹɛtɪsənt/
AU /ˈɹɛtɪsənt/

词形变化

more reticent 比较级 most reticent 最高级

教材释义与例句

形容词

沉默的；有保留的；谨慎的

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Unwilling to communicate; keeping one's thoughts and opinions to oneself; reserved or restrained.

    沉默

  2. 2.

    Hesitant or not wanting to take some action; reluctant (usually followed by a verb in the infinitive).

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 5

retiring restrained unemotional self-effacing untalkative

近义相关 3

taciturn undemonstrative unassertive

词源

Latin reticēns, present participle of reticeō (“to keep silence”).

来源：wiktionary