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单词 discreet
释义
discreet
adjective
uk
/dɪˈskriːt/us
/dɪˈskriːt/
C2
carefulnot tocauseembarrassmentorattracttoo muchattention,especiallybykeepingsomethingsecret:
审慎的，谨慎的，小心的
Thefamilymade discreetenquiriesabout hisbackground.那家人小心翼翼地打听他的背景。
They are very goodassistants, very discreet - they wouldn't gotalkingto thepress.他们都是很好的助手，非常谨慎——不会向新闻界透露什么的。
Opposite
indiscreet
Compare
circumspectformal
Note:
  • Do not confuse withdiscrete.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Cautious and vigilant
  • abundance
  • an abundance of cautionidiom
  • askance
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  • attentively
  • conservative
  • conservatively
  • diligence
  • diligent
  • due diligence
  • meticulous
  • meticulously
  • meticulousness
  • mindful
  • minutely
  • sedulous
  • sedulously
  • slowly
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discreetly
(Definition ofdiscreetfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

discreet| American Dictionary

discreet
adjective
us
/dɪˈskrit/
carefulnot tocauseembarrassmentorattracta lot ofattention:
Shehungthelaundryon alinein a discreetcornerof theyard.
There was a discreetknockon thedoor.

discreetly

adverbus
/dɪˈskrit·li/
Some of Nelle’sacquaintancesdiscreetlysuggestedshe get adivorce.
(Definition ofdiscreetfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdiscreet

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In modern thought, it is common to see the individual asdiscreetand atomic, essentially unconnected with those around him.
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The monks are joined in congregational fashion very effectively by a group of mixed voices, anddiscreetorgan accompaniment is used in some selections.
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Each hypothesis will still correspond to a subset of the possible objects - represented, for example, as the nodes of adiscreettree or graphtheoretic structure.
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The resulting motion would not inevitably be a powerful generator ofdiscreetfrequency sound.
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They range from short reminiscences through to bold polemical statements and on to detailed reconstructions ofdiscreethistorical episodes.
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The dorsal thalamus, itself, is composed of a number of functionally and anatomicallydiscreetnuclei that reciprocally connect to cortical and subcortical targets.
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It wasdiscreet, but could be used in conjunction with more public penances.
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The building has adiscreetpresence on this street.
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Quantitative data inevitably focus upondiscreetand measurable social events and are collected through simple questions that can be computer coded for statistical analysis.
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The conceptual supports the program in a fundamental yetdiscreetway (it remains at the back).
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At the conclusion of a royal funeral, there is always adiscreetchange of atmosphere as the new monarch is welcomed.
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Perhaps the best way of giving some indication of the wide spectrum of popular response is to look at onediscreetepisode.
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All of this would take place with thediscreetacceptance of governments that increasingly preferred to block out the windows into the human soul.
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It wasn't adiscreet, mediated, modified version of human behaviour.
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There are no ghoulish eyes here, and the blinding itself, although performed in decisive, violent gestures, isdiscreet.
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