中文词源
retiring 不爱与人交往的
来自 retire,撤离。比喻用法。
英语词源
- retiring (adj.)
- 1580s, "departing, retreating," present participle adjective from retire (v.). Also "fond of retiring, disposed to seclusion," hence "unobtrusive, modest, subdued" (1766).
权威例句
- 1. Webster is retiring as head of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
- 韦伯斯特即将从中央情报局局长的位子上退职。
- 2. I'm retiring next month. They're putting me out to pasture.
- 我下个月退休。他们要我养老去了。
- 3. Lillee said he had no regrets about retiring.
- 利里说他没后悔退休。
- 4. She was a shy and retiring person off-stage.
- 她在现实生活中是个腼腆而且不善社交的人。
- 5. a quiet, retiring man
- 话少而又腼腆的男子