reticent

adj.

1. 寡言少语；不愿与人交谈；有保留
   unwilling to tell people about things
   1. She was shy and reticent.
      她羞怯而寡言少语。
   2. He was extremely reticent about his personal life.
      他对自己的个人生活讳莫如深。

1. ADJ-GRADED 沉默寡言的;不与人交谈的
   Someone who is reticent does not tell people about things.
   1. She is so reticent about her achievements...
      她对自己的成就缄口不言。
   2. Mrs. Smith, normally a reticent woman, took it upon herself to write to the President.
      通常都很沉默的史密斯夫人决定自己给总统写信。

1. She was morose, pale, and reticent.
   她面色苍白、忧郁孤僻，并且沉默寡言。
2. She is so reticent about her achievements
   她对自己的成就缄口不言。
3. Mrs. Smith, normally a reticent woman, took it upon herself to write to the President.
   通常都很沉默的史密斯夫人决定自己给总统写信。
4. He has become even more reticent since then.
   从此，他变得更沉默了。
5. Google wisely held its tongue, but its supporters were not so reticent.
   谷歌非常明智地选择了沉默，但它的支持者们却难掩心中的愤怒。
6. Banks have been reticent to provide services to companies in the burgeoning marijuana industry because the legality is murky.
   由于法律界定的模糊，银行一直对向蓬勃发展的大麻产业提供服务持谨慎态度。
7. For understandable reasons Mr Obama has been reticent about the scale of young black alienation in the US.
   出于可理解的原因，奥巴马对美国黑人青年的异化程度一直保持沉默。
8. Don't get reticent because you're good at your current role.
   不要因为你擅长现在的工作就沉默不语、停滞不前。
9. It was a matter upon which he was reticent. You'll have to be more careful what you say; you really caught her on the raw when you mentioned her first husband.
   你以后讲话得更加小心；你提到了她的第一个丈夫，这是她忌讳的事。
10. He was reticent on his plans.
    对于他的计划他是沉默的。
11. But, although it has been painfully reticent, safe only seems to have bought small slices of Western companies so far.
    然而，虽然外管局一直煞费苦心的保持缄默，但似乎迄今仅收购了多家西方企业的一小部分股权。
12. In winter, like a reticent old woman, with the waves of bone-chilling wind coming!
    冬天像一位不爱说话的老婆婆，随着一阵阵刺骨的寒风来了！
13. He was reticent, patrician, bookish, urbane.
    他沉默含蓄，雍容华贵，书生气十足，而又温文有礼。
14. She remembered how reticent her father had been about his past.
    她记得她父亲多么不愿谈起他的过去。
15. The mermaid in the deep sea, it is brilliant that no matter how lights on the bankare. debark, what is done? Is a beautiful one interspersed, or a reticent onlooker?
    深海中的人鱼，无论岸上灯火如何辉煌。上岸，去做什么？一个美丽的点缀，还是一个沉默的旁观者？
16. Chinese industry executives attending the show remain reticent to discuss the J-11B program.
    正在参观展览的这位中国产业主管对讨论J-11B项目保持沉默。
17. They "talk a lot", while Asian students are reticent, she says.
    她说，这些学生“有很多话说”，而亚洲的学生则沉默寡言。
18. She is a reticent woman.
    她是一个缄默的女人。
19. He seemed unduly reticent on the subject of his past.
    他似乎对他过去的事情讳莫如深。
20. After going through endless and reticent long night, the health emitted one's own sound at last: It should break this kind of silence state!
    在历经沉默的漫漫长夜之后，身体终于发出了自己的声音：它要打破这种沉默状态！
21. To a certain extent, the victim that maintain reticent masses should be grieved and desperate;
    在某种程度上，维持沉默的群众是应该悲哀而绝望的牺牲者；
22. People that are low in self-confidence tend to be reticent and somewhat anxious.
    不自信的人更低调或者有一点容易焦虑。
23. Just how much can a polite and reticent people withstand? That is the test for modern China.
    现在的问题是，儒雅而沉默的中国人能对此容忍多少，这是对当代中国的一个考验。
24. Although I am a rather reticent individual by nature, I made the most of the oral presentations in class. And soon my confidence level soared.
    尽管我生性沉默寡言，但我充分利用了课堂上做口头陈述的机会，这使我不久就信心倍增。
25. Reticent about one's hope She won't talk about going.
    对自己的希望闭口不谈而她却闭口不提走的事。
26. It was a matter upon which he was reticent.
    这是一个他讳莫如深的话题。
27. You have an extra reason to be reticent.
    你应该保持沉默还有一个理由。
28. I was a little reticent to come over and talk to you.
    我没想着要过来跟你说话。
29. I am reticent, the ones that because it is thin to float in the heart are sad!
    我沉默，因为心上漂着淡淡的忧伤！
30. Many in the rising world, of course, welcome a more reticent America.
    当然，在日益崛起的国家当中，许多人都欢迎一个更为低调的美国。

adj

1. reluctant to draw attention to yourself

   Synonym:    self-effacingretiring

2. cool and formal in manner

   Synonym:    restrainedunemotional

3. temperamentally disinclined to talk

   Synonym:    untalkative