单词

discreet

读音

dɪˈskriːt

美式

英式

词根

Discreet 的词根来自于拉丁语的"discretus"，意思是"分开、分离"，然后演变成中世纪拉丁语的"discretus"，表示"区别开、区分"，进一步产生了"谨慎、小心翼翼"的含义。相关的单词有 "discrete"（意为"单独的，各自的"）等。

释义

adj. 谨慎的；小心的

例句

They were gossipy and not always discreet.

他们爱说闲话，而且不总是言语谨慎。

Emporio Armani, the Italian fashion house, has made a discreet foray into furnishings.

意大利时装公司恩波利·阿玛尼已谨慎地涉足室内装饰业。

We were very discreet about the romance.

我们对这一段罗曼史守口如瓶。

强化记忆

把"discreet"和"secret"联系在一起，可以形成一个联想，即"discreet"的人行事低调，像有什么"secret"（秘密）一样。在中世纪早期，"discreet"被用于描述一个能明辨是非，有审慎判断能力的人，后来这个词汇的含义逐渐发展为更泛化的"谨慎"和"慎重"的含义。

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in New York. The Board of Ed. had no idea.Tens of thousands of discreet rules,60 steps to suspend a student from school:

These fellows literally walked around like that at the time.It's now a little bit more discreetand more commonplace.

that looking at the negative spaces in a paintinghelped her discern more discreet abnormalities in an MRI.Or the police officer who said that understanding the emotional dynamic

Set was also a powerful god, and he was looking for them.So to keep her cover, Isis had to be very discreet—she couldn’t risk using her powers.

which has led to the use of terms like "juuling" instead of "vaping."Many of these devices are so discreet and produce so little vaporthat teens are using them in classrooms

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