reticence

[US]/'retɪs(ə)ns/
[UK]/'rɛtəsns/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. kehati-hatian dalam ucapan atau tingkah laku
Word Forms

Phrases & Collocations

maintain reticence

menjaga kesopanan

uncharacteristic reticence

kesopanan yang tidak biasa

overcome reticence

mengatasi kesopanan

deep reticence

kesopanan yang mendalam

sense of reticence

rasa kesopanan

Example Sentences

His reticence is more revealing than his speech.

Ketidaktahannya lebih memperlihatkan daripada ucapan beliau.

He breaks out of his normal reticence and tells me the whole story.

Beliau melanggar ketidaktahannya yang biasa dan menceritakan keseluruhan kisah kepada saya.

Some reckon its failure to unearth masses of new information is down to a mix of mendacious reticence on the part of key witnesses and the pusillanimity of their inquisitors.

Beberapa orang menganggap kegagalan untuk mengungkapkan kuantiti besar maklumat baru adalah disebabkan oleh campuran keengganan yang tidak jujur daripada saksi utama dan ketidakberanian para pemeriksa mereka.

Their reticence and tenseness seemed to melt away as they petted the stray, and our sessions were relaxed and open.

Ketidaktahanan dan ketegangan mereka seolah-olah hilang ketika mereka memeluk anjing liar itu, dan sesi kami menjadi lebih rileks dan terbuka.

He maintained a reticence about his personal life.

Beliau mempertahankan ketidaktahannya mengenai kehidupan peribadinya.

Her reticence made it difficult to understand her true feelings.

Ketidaktahannya membuat sukar untuk memahami perasaan sebenarnya beliau.

The politician's reticence on the issue raised suspicions.

Ketidaktahanan politikus itu mengenai isu tersebut membangkitkan kecurigaan.

She spoke with reticence, carefully choosing her words.

Beliau berbicara dengan ketidaktahanan, memilih perkataannya dengan teliti.

His reticence in meetings often led to misunderstandings.

Ketidaktahannya dalam mesyuarat sering menyebabkan salah faham.

The company's reticence to disclose financial information worried investors.

Ketidaktahanan syarikat untuk mengumumkan maklumat kewangan membingungkan pelabur.

Despite her reticence, she eventually opened up about her past.

Walaupun ketidaktahannya, akhirnya beliau terbuka tentang masa lalunya.

His reticence to share his ideas hindered the team's progress.

Ketidaktahannya untuk berkongsi idea menghalang kemajuan pasukan.

The author's reticence to give interviews left fans curious about her inspiration.

Ketidaktahanan penulis untuk memberi kenyataan meninggalkan peminatnya ingin tahu mengenai inspirasinya.

The reticence of the witness in court raised doubts about the validity of the testimony.

Ketidaktahanan saksi di mahkamah membangkitkan keraguan mengenai kevalidan keterangan tersebut.

Real-world Examples

But Mrs. Tarleton had no such reticences.

Tetapi Encik Tarleton tidak mempunyai sebarang keterbatasan ini.

Source: Gone with the Wind

Leave us some dignity, some reticence to remember out of our marriage.

Biarkan kami mempunyai sedikit martabat, sedikit keterbatasan untuk diingat daripada perkahwinan kami.

Source: Gone with the Wind

This was the answer to Ashley's reticence, to his strange conduct.

Ini adalah jawapan kepada keterbatasan Ashley, kepada kelakuannya yang aneh.

Source: Gone with the Wind

There was a little more reticence now than formerly in Thomasin's manner towards her cousin.

Kini terdapat sedikit lebih keterbatasan daripada sebelumnya dalam sikap Thomasin terhadap sepupu perempuannya.

Source: Returning Home

Her normal manner among the heathfolk had that reticence which results from the consciousness of superior communicative power.

Sikap biasa beliau di kalangan penduduk kampung mempunyai keterbatasan yang timbul daripada kesedaran tentang kekuatan komunikasi yang lebih tinggi.

Source: Returning Home

Although she'd proven herself with her past assignments, Bly still faced reticence from her editors.

Walaupun beliau telah membuktikan dirinya dengan tugas-tugas sebelumnya, Bly masih menghadapi keterbatasan daripada editor-editor beliau.

Source: Women Who Changed the World

His decent reticence is branded as hypocrisy, his circumlocutions are roundly called lies, and his silence is vilified as treachery.

Keterbatasan yang jujur beliau dikenang sebagai hipokrasi, perbelitannya dikenali sebagai kebohongan, dan kesunyaiannya dicerca sebagai khianat.

Source: The Moon and Sixpence (Condensed Version)

How irresolute did those (earliest rulers) appear, showing (by their reticence) the importance which they set upon their words!

Betapa tidak pastinya mereka (pemimpin-pemimpin awal) kelihatan, menunjukkan (melalui keterbatasan mereka) kepentingan yang mereka tetapkan terhadap perkataan mereka!

Source: Tao Te Ching

Soon he detected in her a wonderful reticence.

Segera beliau menyedari keterbatasan yang luar biasa dalam dirinya.

Source: The Room with a View (Part 1)

And a reticence to talk about mental health in front of the boss may be unnecessary. Executives are people, too.

Dan keterbatasan untuk bercakap tentang kesihatan mental di hadapan bos mungkin tidak diperlukan. Eksekutif juga adalah manusia.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

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