reticent: [19] The ultimate source of reticent is Latin tacēre ‘be silent’ (source of English tacit and taciturn). Combination with the intensive prefix re- produced reticēre ‘keep silent’, whose present participle gave English reticent. It was preceded into the language by over two hundred years by the derived noun reticence. => tacit, taciturn
reticent (adj.)
1834, from Latin reticentem (nominative reticens), present participle of reticere "be silent" (see reticence).
中文解释
1. 阿姨和你提到了钱，所以你沉默了。2. 阿姨提到向你要钱，你没钱，所以只能沉默不语。
实用例句
1. She is so reticent about her achievements.
她对自己的成就缄口不言。
来自柯林斯例句
2. She was shy and reticent.
她羞怯而寡言少语。
来自《权威词典》
3. He was reticent about his opinion.
他有保留意见.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. She was morose, pale, and reticent.
她面色苍白、忧郁孤僻，并且沉默寡言。
来自辞典例句
5. Mrs. Smith, normally a reticent woman, took it upon herself to write to the President.
