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单词 reticence
释义 reticence
n.
  1. the avoidance of saying all one knows or feels, or of saying more than is necessary; reserve in speech.
  2. a disposition to silence; taciturnity.
  3. the act or an instance of holding back some fact.
  4. abstinence from overemphasis in art.
Derivatives
reticent adj. reticently adv.
Etymology: L reticentia f. reticere (as RE-, tacere be silent)
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