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discreetly [dis'kri:tli]
ad. 谨慎地, 小心地
- Before changes were mad in the law, some prostitutes literally went on the streets. Now, they operate more discreetly from bars and clubs.
在法律未修改之前，一些妓女直接在街上拉客；现在，他们偷偷摸摸地活动在酒吧或夜总会了。 - His utterances were discreetly academic.
他的言论严谨；具有学术性。
discreetly
[ adv ]
with discretion; prudently and with wise self-restraint
<adv.all>
I sent for the sergeant of the platoon both men were in and asked him to try to find out discreetly what lay behind this
with discretion; prudently and with wise self-restraint
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I sent for the sergeant of the platoon both men were in and asked him to try to find out discreetly what lay behind this
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.
{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.
- Maluf, a wealthy businessman and former governor, was discreetly backed by Collor.
- Grayish blues (and warm browns for the drawings) provide a discreetly elegant setting.
- An Allante will be parked "discreetly" at most of the houses, says Mr. Clark, and Cadillac will be mentioned during national radio broadcasts of the concerts.
- In a brilliant and discreetly tongue-in-cheek performance of Weber's vapid Konzertstuck in F minor he came before us in both roles.
- The hospital's bulletin board breaks the news discreetly with a snapshot of a mighty shaheen labeled with the medical symbol for woman.
- The boatman mournfully looked at our children and said: 'Yours are the first white children I have seen in five years.' Family trusts are usually very private things, handled discreetly by the old family solicitor and stockbroker.
- The two performances, discreetly judged, give the play all the right tension.
- Realizing they have a bit of an image problem, planners of a savings and loan industry conference discreetly moved it from the gaming mecca of Las Vegas to the wholesome home of Mickey Mouse.
- At each performance, Miss Channing would "eat" the dumplings and dispose of them discreetly when she wiped her mouth.
- Shoppers also can buy earrings and key chains that discreetly store condoms inside, or use a computer that calculates a person's likelihood of exposure to AIDS.
- Sales are now falling, and Playmates has been searching for new toy concepts to replace them. Babar the Elephant, invented in 1937 by cartoonist Mr Jean de Brunhoff, has been discreetly updated for the 1990s by his son, Laurent.
- The prince gave Mr Dimbleby lengthy, intimate interviews, had him 'shadow' his private and social engagements, and arranged for friends and some relatives to be interviewed discreetly.
- Institutions have also been discreetly realising losses in NTT while they can be offset against gains in the government bond market. Where NTT has fallen, the rest of the market need not follow. That said, there are still reasons for concern.
- There it is, at the bottom, discreetly. "Chock Full o'Nuts Corporation," it says.
- The town had Victorian mansions, clapboard cottages and some unusual features, such as the second-story catwalk from the hotel to the brothel next door so legislators could visit discreetly.
- A wide variety of political and religious demonstrators protested discreetly and without incident in Lafayette Square today as President Bush and Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev began summit talks across the street in the White House.
- Depending on the amount, it is either an invitation to return or an expensive warning that this classy establishment is not for the likes of you. Riches are meant to be enjoyed discreetly in Japan.
- It also is a major landmark for the family foundation that has consistently given discreetly to innumerable projects in Israel.
- The study attributed some of the undercounting to affluent victims who are treated discreetly by physicians who do not report cases of the disease.
- The clubhouses are located in some of the most expensive real estate holdings in and around Harvard Square, discreetly shielded by tall hedges and unmarked doors.
- Cocaine barons, business leaders and presidential emissaries would meet with Mr. Awan and his associates, who were only too happy to park funds discreetly in BCCI vaults.
- Smaller, less closely monitored banks have discreetly lifted rates for individual customers.
- San Francisco's tracing program is housed discreetly in a building apart from the Public Health Department.
- PRESIDENT Chadli Bendjedid left the Algerian political scene as discreetly as he entered it 13 years ago.
- Meanwhile, Mr. Silva Herzog borrowed a friend's unmarked office in central Mexico City and discreetly received visitors.
- The exterior, with its curves and balconies and flattened top, is discreetly modern, hinting at the long tradition of seaside architecture.
- A Kurdish guerrilla official, a spokesman for the Kurdistan Democratic Party, or KDP, charged Thursday that Turkey has "discreetly" forced as many as 30,000 Kurdish refugees into Iran in recent days.
- They discreetly buy up stock in a company, often fishing for bargains.
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discrepancies
discrepancy
discrepancy (票据)
discrepancy between c...
discrepancy between t...
discrepancy in elevation
discrepancy in the do...
discrepancy report
discrepancy score
discrepancy sheet
discrepancy switch
discrepant
discrepant item
discrepantly
discrepute
discrete
discrete Abelian group
discrete absorption
discrete action contr...
discrete additive val...
discrete address
discrete address comm...
discrete aggregate
discrete air ports
discrete algorithm
discrete amount
discrete analog
discrete analog(ue)
discrete analogue
discrete analysis
discrete approximation
discrete assembly
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discrete automata
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