reticence 详细解释

reticence

['retisəns]

n. 无言, 沉默, 谨慎

n.[U]

1. 沉默寡言, 缄默

He broke out of his normal reticence and told me the whole story.

他打破了平时一贯沉默寡言的习惯, 把事情原原本本都告诉了我。

2. 保留; 节制

词义辨析

同义参见:

silence  constraint  

英英释义

名词 reticence:

the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary

同义词:reserve, taciturnity

补充

reticencereticence英:[ˈretisəns] 美:[ˈrɛtɪsəns]n.1.沉默寡言

例句

1. He overcame his reticence and told me the story.他不再沉默, 将事情的经过告诉了我。