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单词 reclusive
释义
reclusive
adjective
uk
/rɪˈkluː.sɪv/us
/rɪˈkluː.sɪv/
livingaloneandavoidinggoingoutsideortalkingto otherpeople:
隐居的；避世的
a reclusivebillionaire深居简出的亿万富豪
Shebecameincreasinglyreclusive after thetragedy.悲剧发生后，她变得越来越深居简出。
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recluse
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
not with others
  • aloneYou can tell me your secret - I think we're alone.
  • (all) on your ownI like living on my own.
  • on your lonesomeUKSure, you can play the game on your lonesome, but it's more fun with friends.
  • on your todUKAh, your family's gone and left you on your tod, have they?
  • unaccompaniedTo everyone's great surprise, she arrived at the ball unaccompanied.
  • solitaryHe was a solitary child who preferred reading a book to football.
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More examples
  • There may be achancetomeetthe reclusiveauthor.
  • Thefamouslyreclusivepopstarbecamealegend.
  • He was aneccentricandsomewhatreclusive man.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Alone
  • abandoned
  • alienate
  • alienated
  • apart
  • be cast awayidiom
  • cast
  • herself
  • himself
  • lone wolf
  • lonely
  • loner
  • lonesome
  • minority
  • shutsomeoneaway
  • sole
  • solitude
  • solo
  • stag
  • stay-at-home
  • themselves
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(Definition ofreclusivefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofreclusive

reclusive
Reclusive, with a natural inclination to string-pulling behind the scenes he, nevertheless, occasionally forayed into the world of civic duty.
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She was quieter and interacted less with others but was notreclusive, and just sat for much of the day.
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Both werereclusiveand had no friends; hence there is no one who is specially related, even indirectly, to the infant.
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Especially during the last few years thereclusivevocation - of vowed men and women enclosed in cells - has attracted considerable academic interest.
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Because of his bad health, he wasreclusive, making a living by repairing old watches.
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She then made an abrupt switch to thereclusivelife of a scholar devoted to the study of the history of women.
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Thereclusivebehaviour of the adult and the difficulties in measuring larval damage to the interior of the corm have resulted in a multitude of scoring and evaluation systems.
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I also believe that people with alcohol-related diseases tend to be ratherreclusive, do not go to public houses and are anti-social.
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She is a chatty girl at home, but out in company she has beenreclusiveand has only just started to talk to children.
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Hansard archive
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From about 200 years ago, its members adopted areclusiveway of life.
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Can he say whether enough is known about the present numbers of thisreclusivebut remarkable bird or about the factors which are tending to reduce its numbers?
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However, they can also be secretive,reclusive, moody, opinionated and stubborn; and suffer setbacks in relationships as a result.
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Thereclusivefour-piece instead signed an indie contract giving them more creative control.
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Psychologically speaking, these infants were slightly strange: they werereclusiveand had definite social deficits, and they clung to their cloth diapers.
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The group self-records all of their own albums on cassette tape or reel-to-reel tape, are somewhatreclusiveand do not tour.
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