c. 1600, from Middle French réticence (16c.), from Latin reticentia "silence, a keeping silent," from present participle stem of reticere "keep silent," from re- (see re-), + tacere "be silent" (see tacit). "Not in common use until after 1830" [OED].
雙語例句
1. Pearl didn't mind his reticence; in fact she liked it.
珀爾并不介意他沉默寡言；事實上，她喜歡這一點。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Her reticence was in sharp contrast to the glamour and star status of her predecessors.
她的寡言少語和前任們的光鮮亮麗、明星范兒十足形成了鮮明的對比。
來自柯林斯例句
3. He breaks out of his normal reticence and tells me the whole story.
他打破了平時一貫沈默寡言的習慣,把事情原原本本都告訴了我.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. This was the answer to Ashley's reticence, to his strange conduct.
是了,希禮之所以始終不響, 所以有那么出乎意外的行為,如今都得到解釋了.
來自辭典例句
5. There is a quite natural reticence to reveal it to outsiders.