Discreet
[ dɪ'skrit ]
第5级
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adj. 谨慎的，慎重的;考虑周到的;小心的;持重;
💡 词根助记
dis分开，分离+creet=cret搞清，区别→慎重的，谨慎的
📝 例句
The entertainment was always pleasant, private, and discreet, but never lavish.
招待会总是在私下里谨慎地进行的，很愉快，但从不铺张。
The restaurant was discreet, but food was excellent.
那家餐厅不很显眼，但菜肴可口。
Where were now her discreet plans for sundering their lives for ever?
现在，她那个考虑周到的永远斩断他们之间生活联系的计划哪里去了呢？
You are not discreet; you mustn't bully me.
你真不客气，你休想恐吓我。
I am obliged to you for your valuable services and discreet conduct!
对于你的宝贵的帮助和办事周到，我十分感激！
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ discrete-不连续的,discreet-谨慎的:在不连续的路段要小心
※ dis-谐音“的士”,cr-拼音“超人”,et-ET:开的士的超人看到外星人非常谨慎
※ discreet-谨慎的,discrete-离散、分离:他们对这辆头尾分离的汽车的处置相当谨慎
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
🔤 词根
-cern-表示“区分”
📖 牛津释义
discreet
adj
careful or showing good judgement in what one says or does; not too obvious 言谈举止谨慎的; 言行审慎的; 不显眼的
We must be extremely discreet; my husband suspects something. 我们必须极为小心才是, 我丈夫已起疑了.
I should make a few discreet enquires about the firm before you sign anything. 我应该先审慎打探一下这家公司的底细, 然後您再签字.
(fig 比喻) a discreet perfume, ie one that is not too obvious 香气清淡的香水.
🎯 考研助记
敌视可理他（谐音）：三思而后行- 谨慎的 disc(盘片)+reet(reetch再腐蚀): 小心的 谨慎的 discrete-discreet 两个e分开是 分开的 不连续的 两个e紧挨着是 小心的 慎重的
🔁 扩展释义
*[dis'kri:t]a. 小心的, 慎重的
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I'm afraid I can't agree with you. That's a good way of giving information, but it's not a good way of persuading people. For one thing, it's boring, and people aren't going to read an ad that looks boring. For another thing, one computer looks very like
恐怕我不能同意你的意见。那是个通报信息的好办法，但并非是使人信服的好办法。一是它很乏味，人们是不会去读一则看起来很乏味的广告的。其次，计算机彼此都很相像。人们不会记住产品的名字的。
There is another good reason for taking a part-time job.
干兼职工作还有一条充分的理由。
What clothes did they wear?
他们穿什么？