taciturnity
/tas-i-tur-ni-tee/US // ˌtæs ɪˈtɜr nɪ ti //
沉默寡言,沉默不语,缄默不语,默默无闻
Related Words
control控制,管制,控制权,操控modesty谦虚,谦逊,谦恭,谦虚谨慎demureness伪装,尊严,矜持,拘谨caution警惕,注意事项,注意力,谨慎unresponsiveness毫无反应,没有反应,无反应,响应度低diffidence自卑感,扩散性,不自信,自卑backwardness落后,落后性,退步,落後reluctance不情愿,勉强,不愿,勉为其难repression压制,压抑,压迫,镇压self-control自控,自我控制,自制力,自制formality手续费,形式,形式主义,手续restraint约束力,克制,约束,约束性self-restraint自制力,自我克制,自我约束,自制shyness羞涩,羞怯,害羞,胆怯reticence缄默,沉默,缄默不语,沉默寡言inhibition抑制,抑制作用,抑制力,抑制性coyness腼腆,忸怩作态,羞涩,胆怯suppression镇压,打压,抑制,压制reservation保留,保留意见,预订,预约constraint约束力,拘束力,约束条件,限制条件
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : the state or quality of being reserved or reticent in conversation.
- : Scots Law. the relinquishing of a legal right through an unduly long delay, as by the silence of the creditor.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Jean Paul Sartre rendered the idea with neat, existential taciturnity: “No Exit.”
Probably what most recommended her to the critical mind of Miss Warrender was her impassive taciturnity.
The man Ward must have lost some of his taciturnity, for the girl was laughing gaily at whatever he was saying.
His replies were perfectly ingenuous, evincing nothing of the natural taciturnity and shyness of the Indian mind.
Sergeant Newton Spooner returned to his routine duties with a grim taciturnity which did not invite conversation.
On the subject of my uncle, the old coachman's taciturnity gave way to torrents of reproach.
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