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discreet 音標拼音: [dɪskr'it] a. 小心的,慎重的 小心的,慎重的 discreet adj 1: marked by prudence or modesty and wise self- restraint; " his trusted discreet aide"; " a discreet, finely wrought gold necklace" [ ant: { indiscreet}] 2: unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic; " a discerning editor"; " a discreet silence" [ synonym: { discerning}, { discreet}] 3: heedful of potential consequences; " circumspect actions"; " physicians are now more circumspect about recommending its use"; " a discreet investor" [ synonym: { circumspect}, { discreet}] Discreet \ Dis* creet"\, a. [ Compar. { Discreeter}; superl. { Discreetest}.] [ F. discret, L. discretus separated ( whence the meaning reserved, prudent), p. p. of discernere. See { Discern}, and cf. { Discrete}.] 1. Possessed of discernment, especially in avoiding error or evil, and in the adaptation of means to ends; prudent; sagacious; judicious; not rash or heedless; cautious. [ 1913 Webster] It is the discreet man, not the witty, nor the learned, nor the brave, who guides the conversation, and gives measures to society. -- Addison. [ 1913 Webster] Satire ' s my weapon, but I ' m too discreet To run amuck, and tilt at all I meet. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] The sea is silent, the sea is discreet. -- Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Differing; distinct. [ Obs.] -- Spenser. -- { Dis* creet" ly}, adv. -- { Dis* creet" ness}, n. Discrepance108 Moby Thesaurus words for " discreet": Olympian, aloof, backward, bashful, blank, calculating, canny, careful, cautious, chary, chilled, chilly, circumspect, close, closemouthed, cold, considerate, constrained, controlled, cool, dark, deliberate, detached, diplomatic, discriminating, discriminative, distant, dry, enlightened, evasive, expressionless, forbidding, frigid, frosty, gingerly, guarded, heedful, hesitant, icy, impassive, impersonal, inaccessible, introverted, judgmatic, judicial, judicious, leaving out nothing, mindful, moderate, modest, noncommittal, offish, on guard, overlooking no possibility, pawky, politic, provident, prudent, prudential, reasonable, reflecting, reflective, regardful, remote, removed, repressed, reserved, restrained, reticent, retiring, safe, secret, secretive, shifty, shrinking, simple, slow to act, standoff, standoffish, subdued, suppressed, tactful, temperate, tentative, thorough, thoughtful, unadorned, unadventurous, unaffable, unapproachable, uncommunicative, uncongenial, undaring, undemonstrative, unelaborate, unenterprising, unexcessive, unexpansive, unextreme, ungenial, unostentatious, unprecipitate, unpretentious, wary, watchful, well- advised, well- judged, withdrawn
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