英 [ˈretɪsns] 美 [ˈretɪsns]
n. 沉默寡言
the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary
同义词： reserve / taciturnity
沉默-引用次数：11
Since Krashen put forward the affective filter hypothesis, more and more concern has been paid to the anxiety problem by foreign language educators and researchers at home and aboard. Among them, one qualitative research in Reticence and Anxiety in Second Language Learning by Amy B. M. Tusi stood out and received much attention.
自从克拉申的情感过滤假说提出以来,焦虑问题引起国内外外语教育者的关注,其中一项很有影响的定性研究是知名学者AmyB.M.Tsui所作的《第二语言学习中的沉默与外语课堂焦虑》的调查。
参考来源外语课堂焦虑应对策略(英文)
... glamour n. 魅力，魔力 reticence n. 沉默寡言 sphinx n. [希神]斯芬克斯（有翼的狮身女怪，传说她常叫过路行人猜谜，猜不出者即遭杀害） ...
... reticent adj.沉默不语的 reticence n无言，沉默，谨慎 tacit adj.心照不宣的，静默的 ...
《大地》中阿兰是个沉默的女性吗？-毕业论文参考网 Key words: reticence; O-lan; The Good Earth; Pearl S. Buck [gap=433]关键词：沉默；阿兰；大地；赛珍珠
reticent 沉默的；有保留的；谨慎的
reticently 沉默地，沉默寡言地
沉默寡言
Inherently introverted, he realised early on that as an academic, his reticence would prove disastrous in the lecture hall.
他生性内向，很早就意识到，作为一名学者，他的沉默寡言在演讲厅里将带来灾难性的后果。
Pearl didn't mind his reticence; in fact she liked it.
珀尔不介意他的沉默，事实上她喜欢这一点。
So why the official reticence?
那为什么官方又对此缄默不言呢？
Arthur Conan Doyle,creator of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, wrote about Poe's influence on other crime writers: "Each may find some little development of his own, but his main art must trace back to those admirable stories of Monsieur Dupin,so wonderful in their masterful force, their reticence,their quick dramatic point."
VOA : special.2009.02.02
Germany,as the biggest potential contributor, has shown reticence about a bailout.
VOA : standard.2010.04.28
At the same time, you might think his reticence, his reluctance to speak in his own voice may have also been a response to the fate of Socrates and politically endangered situation of philosophy.
同时，你也可以将他的缄默，与不发言的冷淡,可能也是,对苏格拉底的遭遇,及哲学在政治上危险处境的响应。
政治哲学导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
If a pen name is supposed to demonstrate reticence to self-exposure, John Cheese missed the memo.
Undoubtedly HP's share price has also suffered from the company's historic reticence with Wall Street.
So expect all of the polite reticence that has been developing around direct-to-consumer advertising to fade.