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 reticence ['retisns]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 无言, 沉默, 勉强



    reticence
    [ noun ]
    the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary
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    Reticence \Ret"i*cence\, n. [L. reticentia: cf. F.
    r['e]ticence.]
    1. The quality or state of being reticent, or keeping
    silence; the state of holding one's tonque; refraining to
    speak of that which is suggested; uncommunicativeness.

    Such fine reserve and noble reticence. --Tennyson.

    2. (Rhet.) A figure by which a person really speaks of a
    thing while he makes a show as if he would say nothingon
    the subject.

    1. Such reticence seems to be the order of the day.
    2. It is thought that many in the group now accept that its traditional reticence has led outsiders to assume the worst about its fortunes. Among other changes likely to take place is a more active property disposal programme.
    3. However, the film is hampered by the reticence of Forster's original work, and its tacky denouement, which serves up a low-class assistant gamekeeper to satisfy the hero's forbidden passion.
    4. To take advantage of Boeing's reticence, McDonnell Douglas needs to lure tightfisted airline executives now.
    5. Solidarity's choice of nominee for prime minister, Mr. Mazowiecki, is itself a sign of the union's reticence to take control.
    6. The company's reticence generated a day's worth of media speculation about how plump the checks would be.
    7. The major pro-Israel lobbying group, Aipac, taking its cue from the embassy's initial reticence, decided it wouldn't fight the sale.
    8. "I don't think there is any doubt that there is great reticence on the part of individuals and retail brokers to deal with stocks above $50 a share."
    9. For all the corporate reticence, there are still those who don't show fear.
    10. Their idea of roughing it was checking into the Maui Hyatt Regency without a reservation." After a few days, the reticence disappeared.
    11. As West Germany slips away from its past reticence to dabble in world politics, Bonn is jostling Paris as a center of power.
    12. The company's reticence to discuss further property provisions or port volume details worries supporters in the City, who at present equate reticence with possibly bad news ahead.
    13. The company's reticence to discuss further property provisions or port volume details worries supporters in the City, who at present equate reticence with possibly bad news ahead.
    14. Because of Keith's reticence, when she dishes Pamela Churchill (now Pamela Harriman), who stole Leland Hayward from her, it's easy to understand her motive, but not her distinction between her rival and herself.
    15. His remarks were a break with the usual reticence of committee members to comment on a case.
    16. But given Mr. Lo's characteristic reticence over the proposal, it is hard to predict which of his companies might reap the benefits from Hooker's assets and which might foot the rescue bill.
    17. Marks and Spencer has again been hoist by its own reticence.
    18. But with so many oafs sticking fingers into masterpieces, probing for subtexts that usually aren't there, such reticence is fine with me.
    19. Soviet spokesman Arkady Maslennikov on Thursday called U.S. reticence to conclude it "quite unnatural" and said it was "in nobody's interest" not to have an agreement.
    20. The candor of these finely wrought pages is in stark contrast to the reticence of some of the later ones.
    21. Bavaro's reticence extends to his teammates.
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