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单词 mental reservation
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Definition of mental reservation in US English:

mental reservation

noun
  • A qualification tacitly added in making a statement, etc.; an unexpressed doubt or criticism.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • By accepting it as a bribe and intending to keep it he enters into a bargain, despite the fact that he may make to himself a mental reservation to the effect that he is not going to carry out his side of the bargain.
    • The mental reservations of governments or their representatives are not valid insofar as international law is concerned.
    • That means that in practice our law generally ignores the subjective expectations and the unexpressed mental reservations of the parties.
    • So I keep some mental reservation about what I hear the coaches shouting.
    • And that I take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion;
    • But I've never in my life typed or uttered the word without a mental reservation.
    • Ethics is imbedded in the officer's commission and oath of office: ‘special trust and confidence’ and ‘no mental reservation or purpose of evasion.’
    • I take the official oath today with no mental reservations, and with no purpose to construe the Constitution or laws by any hypercritical rules.
    • He had told his friend, on several occasions, he would support him but his assurances had been made with strong mental reservations.
    • In most of our gardens we have made a mental reservation of space for certain permanent features.
    • Solemnly, freely, and without any mental reservation, I hereby renounce under oath all allegiance to any foreign state.
    • If you suspect the existence of mental reservations in an employee, sincerely invite him to question you.
 
 

Definition of mental reservation in US English:

mental reservation

noun
  • A qualification tacitly added in making a statement, etc.; an unexpressed doubt or criticism.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • And that I take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion;
    • Ethics is imbedded in the officer's commission and oath of office: ‘special trust and confidence’ and ‘no mental reservation or purpose of evasion.’
    • So I keep some mental reservation about what I hear the coaches shouting.
    • By accepting it as a bribe and intending to keep it he enters into a bargain, despite the fact that he may make to himself a mental reservation to the effect that he is not going to carry out his side of the bargain.
    • Solemnly, freely, and without any mental reservation, I hereby renounce under oath all allegiance to any foreign state.
    • I take the official oath today with no mental reservations, and with no purpose to construe the Constitution or laws by any hypercritical rules.
    • But I've never in my life typed or uttered the word without a mental reservation.
    • In most of our gardens we have made a mental reservation of space for certain permanent features.
    • He had told his friend, on several occasions, he would support him but his assurances had been made with strong mental reservations.
    • That means that in practice our law generally ignores the subjective expectations and the unexpressed mental reservations of the parties.
    • If you suspect the existence of mental reservations in an employee, sincerely invite him to question you.
    • The mental reservations of governments or their representatives are not valid insofar as international law is concerned.
 
 
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