reticent

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Unwilling to communicate; keeping one's thoughts and opinions to oneself; reserved or restrained.
    — She's rather reticent on the subject of her finances.
  2. Hesitant or not wanting to take some action; reluctant (usually followed by a verb in the infinitive). proscribed
    — He is reticent to travel so much.

词形变化

more reticent comparative most reticent superlative

词汇关系

近义词
reserved restrained tight-lipped closemouthed unwilling disinclined loath reluctant
衍生词
irreticent reticently unreticent

词源

Latin reticēns, present participle of reticeō (“to keep silence”).
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