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单词 reticence
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reticence
noun[U]
formal
uk
/ˈret.ɪ.səns/us
/ˈret̬.ə.səns/
anunwillingnessto do something ortalkabout something, forexamplebecause you arenervousor beingcareful:
沉默寡言；不愿交谈
His reticenceabouthis past made them verysuspicious.他对自己的过去讳莫如深，使他们非常怀疑。
Ithinkmydadhad acertainreticence aboutshowingloveas he wasafraidthatpeoplewouldleaveif he did.我觉得父亲不愿意表达爱意，因为他害怕如果他表达了，人们会离开他。
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  • She hadovercomeherusualreticence andtalkedabouttheirmarriedlife.
  • His reticence isunderstandable.
  • Despite hisinitialreticence, hebeganteachingthechildren.
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(Definition ofreticencefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofreticence

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Opening up the policy process to public, parties and politicians should be done with duereticence.
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Itsreticencecoincided with the introduction of a government bill to relieve agricultural distress through the cultivation of urban fringe wastelands.
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Leaders' explanations of suchreticencewere compared with student perceptions in a later phase of the study.
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Perhaps he is simply saving this material for the final volume, but perhaps, too, thereticenceis revealing.
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How then does it cope with characters who are defined byreticenceand inscrutability?
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Reasons forreticenceand strategic disinformation between capitalists probably varied quite widely.
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Repression weakened thereticenceof these unions, and strengthened the incentive which central union leaders had to launch electoral organizations.
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Medieval theologicalreticenceor comment are explicable in terms of the broader intellectual context, rather than by changed opinion.
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Reticenceon the whole subject was the common standard.
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Myreticenceto do so also relates to my ignorance of the cultures discussed and archival data presented.
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The politicalreticenceto finance reparations for those designated to be ' victims ' is a clear example of this.
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Thisreticenceconcerns only the spectacular practice attending experiments.
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While a certain delicacy,reticence, and preciosity of diction do distinguish many poems, much of it is apprentice work and should be valued as such.
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Theirreticenceis understandable from a political viewpoint: the interventions advocated by environmental groups are typically harmful to the economic interests of powerful industry groups.
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Issues such as dominance,reticence, sharing and achievement all need to be discussed with pupils and techniques for dealing with them practised.
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