| 单词 | reserved |
| 释义 | reserved (once / 205 pages) 1adj 2adj If you're reserved, you're the opposite of a loudmouth or a cut-up: you're polite, you have a lot of self-control, and you don't show your feelings. Reserved can also mean "set aside." If your seats at a concert are reserved, that means they're saved for you. If there aren't any reserved seats — if it's all general admission — you should get there early to get a good seat. WORD FAMILYreserved: reservedly, unreserved+/reservation: reservations/reserve: reservation, reserved, reserves, reserving, reservist/reservist: reservists/unreserved: unreservedly USAGE EXAMPLESBecause evidence of mitigating factors is supposed to be reserved for the penalty phase, Judge Gergel allowed him little leeway. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) Ms. Reynolds, offstage, was a gift she reserved for her daughter and family alone. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) Jacomo is not the maitre d’ of film, that cool and reserved character who shows you to the table without a word. Washington Post(Dec 27, 2016) 1 adj set aside for the use of a particular person or party 2Syn|Ant booked, engaged, set-aside reserved in advance bookablesubject to being reserved or booked unreserved not reserved first-come-first-serve, rushnot accepting reservations unbookednot reserved in advance adj marked by self-restraint and reticence "was habitually reserved in speech, withholding her opinion"-Victoria Sackville-West Syn|Ant backward (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature undemonstrativenot given to open expression of emotion inhibitedheld back or restrained or prevented aloof, distant, upstageremote in manner diffidentshowing modest reserve indrawn, withdrawntending to reserve or introspection restrainedunder restraint unreserved not cautious or reticent demonstrativegiven to or marked by the open expression of emotion uninhibitednot inhibited or restrained unrestrainednot subject to restraint |
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