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单词 reticent
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reticent
adjective
formal
uk
/ˈret.ɪ.sənt/us
/ˈret̬.ə.sənt/
unwillingtospeakaboutyourthoughtsorfeelings:
沉默寡言的；不愿交谈的
He is very reticentabouthis past.他不愿谈及他的过去。
Most of thestudentswere reticentaboutansweringquestions.大多数学生都不愿回答问题。
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(Definition ofreticentfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

reticent| American Dictionary

reticent
adjective
us
/ˈret̬·ə·sənt/
unwillingtospeakaboutyourthoughtsorfeelings:
At first she was reticent, butlatersherelaxedand was moreforthcoming.

reticence

noun[U]us
/ˈret̬·ə·səns/
Due to his reticence, little isknownabout hispersonallife.
(Definition ofreticentfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofreticent

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However, politicians, being more serious about power than academics, tend to be lessreticent.
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Perhaps she has been raised from childhood to bereticentabout herself.
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We may be generallyreticentas to our uncles and aunts, and may drop even our brothers and sisters in our ordinary conversation.
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Not surprisingly, one problem in measuring differential parenting is that parents arereticentabout reporting differential treatment because it seems to imply unfair discrimination.
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The company, however, are morereticentabout their research programme and have said that they have no specific product in mind.
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Newspapers were also notoriously unreliable,reticentto guarantee insertion dates or editions.
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Consequently, some farmers were initiallyreticentabout trying seed priming again because of bad experiences in the past.
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Yet, trust is a squishy concept, based in social culture, and analysts arereticentto take it on.
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Most of the children were a bitreticentin this situation.
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Perhaps it is for this reason that the staircase structure has beenreticentthus far.
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Scanlon himself isreticentabout the extent to which his contractualist theory applies to principles of justice.
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In contrast, it wasreticenton the number of landowners expropriated in the process.
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Her memoirs, published in her lifetime, are strikinglyreticentin their references to her associates and connections.
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Coolidge, though quitereticentin personal conversations, was remarkably eloquent and verbose in his official capacities as president.
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I was veryreticentabout contacting him.
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