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 discreet [dis'kri:t]   添加此单词到默认生词本
a. 小心的, 慎重的

  1. It was not discreet of you to say that.
    你那样说有欠考虑。
  2. I'll certainly be most discreet in my conversation.
    我在谈话中当然会十分小心的。
  3. Be more discreet or you'll get yourself talked about.
    要更谨慎些－－否则你就会成为人们的话柄。


discreet
[ adj ]
  1. marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint

    2. <adj.all>
    his trusted discreet aide
    a discreet, finely wrought gold necklace
  2. unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic

    3. <adj.all>
    a discerning editor
    a discreet silence
  3. heedful of potential consequences

    4. <adj.all>
    circumspect actions
    physicians are now more circumspect about recommending its use
    a discreet investor


Discreet \Dis*creet"\, a. [Compar. {Discreeter}; superl.
{Discreetest}.] [F. discret, L. discretus separated (whence
the meaning reserved, prudent), p. p. of discernere. See
{Discern}, and cf. {Discrete}.]
1. Possessed of discernment, especially in avoiding error or
evil, and in the adaptation of means to ends; prudent;
sagacious; judicious; not rash or heedless; cautious.

It is the discreet man, not the witty, nor the
learned, nor the brave, who guides the conversation,
and gives measures to society. --Addison.

Satire 's my weapon, but I 'm too discreet
To run amuck, and tilt at all I meet. --Pope.

The sea is silent, the sea is discreet.
--Longfellow.

2. Differing; distinct. [Obs.] --Spenser. -- {Dis*creet"ly},
adv. -- {Dis*creet"ness}, n.

  1. He was a very discreet man." So seems his widow, Lady Oona, who still resides in the Chaplins' Manoir de Ban _ an 18th-century manor just above Corsier _ but who is rarely seen in the village.
  2. About 10 million people live in the 587 square miles covered by the permit, and Elf is making a special effort to be discreet, at least as discreet as one can be with a 165-foot oil derrick operating round-the-clock.
  3. About 10 million people live in the 587 square miles covered by the permit, and Elf is making a special effort to be discreet, at least as discreet as one can be with a 165-foot oil derrick operating round-the-clock.
  4. The May wedding of Social Democratic prime minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen and Lone Dybkjaer, a member of Denmark's Radical Liberal party, was a discreet affair.
  5. He says Expotel's women customers also want a more discreet check-in process, so that only the guest knows the room allocated to her. Other complaints focus on the lack of facilities in rooms.
  6. The word 'offshore' conjures images of white sand, palm trees and discreet financial dealings.
  7. Perhaps it's time for a discreet silence on educational standards.
  8. In fact, although I will cheerfully concede that the National Gallery has given this essentially tasteless endeavor a discreet and tasteful installation, I was surprised to find that I liked the pictures better in reproduction than in the flesh.
  9. I believe in live and let live." Joe is discreet about the foibles of his over-extended family. But sitting in his office one gets clues.
  10. Their daily travels between a Manama hotel and two U.S. warships anchored off Bahrain are quick and discreet.
  11. Apart from adding that the main reason Heath could afford to sail was that he was unmarried, that's about it. Clearly the party's backers of the 1960s were more discreet than those of 20 years later.
  12. It is well organised, discreet, conservative and rich.
  13. If he had operated on a more discreet scale, the scheme might have taken longer to emerge. Other US investment banks spent last week insisting that it couldn't happen to them - while busily reviewing their own systems of controls, just to be sure.
  14. Sometimes the camera behaved as a supposedly discreet onlooker, but at other times the students directly addressed the camera crew.
  15. The supporting playing is discreet, well-mannered, and in Josef Christianson we saw a fine Hilarion, credible in his feelings for Giselle as in his terrors amid the menacing wilis.
  16. Mr. Martin believes his policies to be essentially a more discreet continuation of Arrupism.
  17. Andrew Gifford is terribly discreet about the terms of the buy-back from Interpublic, a US advertising agency, save to admit that most of the consideration is deferred. If GJW does well, so will Interpublic.
  18. Such trading has grown rapidly with the bull market, and as big shareholders looked for fast and discreet ways to profit from the increasingly volatile world securities market.
  19. Morgan Stanley said it suspended Wang last Friday when SEC investigators subpoenaed him following a discreet investigation that lasted two months.
  20. "People with AIDS are losing their jobs, their families, their incomes," Chapman said. "We must protect them and be discreet." Like Mrs. Wilkes, Chapman finds the job depressing at times.
  21. Debt forgiveness, except for the poorest countries in Africa, will remain a matter for discreet negotiation.
  22. The face it presents to the world is Blancpain's usual discreet roundel.
  23. Much of the narrative follows his complex, varied and utterly discreet erotic adventures.
  24. Parade floats and scantily clad samba dancers revved up the city's marathon carnival, while the government urged TV stations to be a bit more discreet about broadcasting nude revelers.
  25. The new natural earrings are - believe it or not - small and discreet.
  26. The observers praised the behavior of the army and police, who kept order and patrolled streets at a discreet distance from polling stations.
  27. The months of intensive talks on the joint venture followed at least three years of discreet contact between Texaco and Saudi officials, according to a consultant to the Saudis.
  28. Campus police said they would maintain a discreet presence at the hilltop memorial site to keep order, but did not expect a disruption.
  29. She exudes warmth and glamor, with discreet make-up and jewels and silken saris.
  30. But this time the volume of stock bought at inflated prices is so great that officials believe such a fund would be swamped. Stockbroking company executives have made the odd discreet call for intervention.
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