名词
1. 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。
1. 沉默寡言：Hyperabstraction过度抽象 | Reticence沉默寡言 | Garrulousness多嘴多舌
2. 沉默寡言, 缄默; 节制; 保留 (名)：rethink 再想; 重新考虑 (动) | reticence 沉默寡言, 缄默; 节制; 保留 (名) | reticent 无言的; 谨慎的; 沉默的; 抑制的 (形)
1. Reticence has long been considered a virtue in China, whereas candor or outspokenness only invites trouble.
2. His reticence to settle down was known to have exasperated his father and made many here despair of him ever tying the knot.
3. Kirk said he encountered a similar reticence in his failed bid as the Democratic nominee for a Texas US Senate seat in 2002.
4. reticence
4. Compared with the language barrier, migrant workers'reticence often posed more challenges.
5. But the lanky athlete's reticence defies the fact he is hot favorite to win Friday's final race.
6. Identifying the dead was proving hard because of language difficulties and the reticence and apprehension of some of the 16 survivors in aiding detectives.
7. Some said that I don't have the reserve and reticence of my forefathers.
8. reticence
8. Jia said that reticence is a reaction to the wide effects the case is likely to have on the public.
9. The English rarely say what they mean and tend towards reticence and understatement.
10. reticence的解释
10. But the awkward bounce and his own reticence saw the ball squirm harmlessly away, much to the relief of Chinese goalkeeper Guan Zhen.
noun
1. the trait of being uncommunicative
not volunteering anything more than necessary
Synonym: reserve taciturnity