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 reticent ['rɛtəsn.t]   添加此单词到默认生词本
a. 无言的, 沉默的, 不情愿的

[法] 言不尽意的, 沈默寡言的, 有保留的




    reticent
    [ adj ]
    1. temperamentally disinclined to talk

      2. <adj.all>
    2. cool and formal in manner

      3. <adj.all>
    3. reluctant to draw attention to yourself

      4. <adj.all>


    Reticent \Ret"i*cent\, a. [L. reticens, p. pr. of reticere to
    keep silence; re- + tacere to be silent. See {Tacit}.]
    Inclined to keep silent; reserved; uncommunicative.

    1. "We did it for free," says Mr. Li, so the previously reticent factory officials gave the students full cooperation.
    2. Hitherto he has been reticent about his own life but in Excursions in the Real World he breaks his silence about himself.
    3. The UK is reticent, and more so after its recent decision to levy its own fuel taxes. Spain is strongly opposed to the tax, arguing that richer countries that emit more CO should be set higher cuts.
    4. Dennis Hunt, black-music critic for the Los Angeles Times, was less reticent to critique the family's music.
    5. Government officials responsible for relations with the socialist bloc are also reticent.
    6. On some interpretations the proposed MTO, son of Gatt, could make the Brussels Commission seem reticent, not to say feeble. At least the Commission's acts are eventually unmasked.
    7. This community has never been reticent about commenting on global concerns.
    8. Wildlife includes albatrosses with 10-foot wingspans, colonies of seals and penguins, mischievous mountain parrots called keas and the reticent, flightless kiwi bird that has become the national symbol.
    9. The 5-foot-11-inch governor was unusually reticent, saying, "He had as many fouls as I had."
    10. But states aren't being so reticent.
    11. "Maybe I am too reticent about it." Since Mr. Baker launched his postwar peace mission in early March, Israel has confiscated more than 18,000 acres of Arab-owned land as part of its continuing effort to develop the territories for Jews.
    12. Investors are sometimes reticent to have their biggest concerns addressed in public, so municipalities are looking for opportunities to maximize private interaction.
    13. Ms. McEvoy, a mental health worker, is reticent about her age, but not about her preferred whiskey: Bushmills.
    14. She goads an uncharacteristically reticent teacher union leader Albert Shanker into a peppery exchange in which she keeps repeating: "Money?
    15. The 65-year-old Portman has made some bold architectural and business decisions during his career, but publicly has maintained a reticent image.
    16. But the reticent Mackinnons were noticeably absent from the enunciatory proceedings. Now the 44-year-old import has resigned 'to pursue his own interests' but with no alternative job to hand.
    17. Despite professing a love of painting and the arts, he says little in this book about the appearance of the buildings that he developed; the photographs suggest that there was plenty to be reticent about.
    18. A stolid, reticent man who was named chief executive in 1983, Mr. Brown was spotlighted in 1985 when the bank pleaded guilty to criminal charges of failing to report $1.2 billion in large cash transactions and paid a $500,000 fine.
    19. "He convinced Colombia, which had been reticent about attending the talks, to come."
    20. Koch, a self-described "Jewish soldier in the cardinal's army," was less reticent.
    21. Most crops were yielding exceptionally well and even my most reticent hosts admitted to bringing in more than five tonnes an acre (12.5 tonnes a hectare).
    22. Ms. Westheimer is surprisingly reticent about her personal affairs.
    23. "I was reticent and I had no self-confidence," said Peck, 72. "Little by little, though, I was learning to be on my own.
    24. Analysts declared themselves pleased with the disclosures from the normally somewhat reticent group, including the details on the property and hotel businesses.
    25. Nevertheless, his aides clearly knew more than previously indicated yet were reticent in raising questions of potential illegalities.
    26. I thought I would forever be a little reluctant and reticent but I see now that it's OK.
    27. And now, the Saudis are reticent about giving up their new market share or allowing output to drop below eight million barrels daily.
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