Reticent

(adj.) reluctant to draw attention to yourself .

(adj.) temperamentally disinclined to talk .

录入:内丽

• In short, Mr Blandois found that to pour port wine into the reticent Flintwinch was, not to open him but to shut him up. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Lydgate too was reticent in the midst of his confidence. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• As to the details of his life during these years he was very reticent, in fact he would not talk of them at all. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• Ah, he is not reticent about himself, said Crispin dryly. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• As his words are few and his manner reticent and tentative, so must the style of his interpreter be. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Thank you, sir,' returned that reticent individual. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• He made Gerald uncertain, because, being tall and slender and reticent, he looked like a gentleman. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.

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