Thus, they're not exactly shy or reserved.

其实他们点也不害羞或沉默寡言。

But these men were a taciturn lot, picking their words carefully.

但是这些人都是沉默寡言的人，说起话来字斟句酌，非常谨慎。

No longer the quiet, diffident legal expert, he had become an action man.

他不再是那个沉默寡言的法律专家，他已经成为个行动派。

I have friends even though I am a man of few words.

虽然我是个寡言的人，但我也有自己的朋友。

Michael is always so quiet. But last night he was talking and laughing.

迈克尔平时很沉默寡言，而昨晚上他却有说有笑。

In a less buttoned-up age, some venerable slurs are in decline.

在个不那么沉默寡言的时代，些受欢迎的脏话正在消失。

Hamilton had said little at the convention. On this day, he spoke for five hours.

沉默寡言的汉密尔顿，这了五个小时。

You'll be sleeping a lot more, and will start to become uncommunicative and unresponsive.

你会严重嗜睡，开始变得沉默寡言，毫无反应。

His mother's taciturnity was not without ominousness, but he appeared not to care.

他母亲的沉默寡言有种不祥预兆，可是他似乎根本没在意。

Eustacia was reserved, and lived very much to herself.

游苔莎矜持寡言，很少外出。

Archie was a silent man, never speaking unless spoken to and usually answering with grunts.

阿尔奇是个沉默寡言的人，别人不跟他说话，他是声不吭的。回答别的问话，也是含含糊糊地说不清楚。

Mr. Fogg was as calm and taciturn as ever.

福克先生沉默寡言，依然如故。

He'd always been taciturn, but this was something quite different.

他向沉默寡言，但这次完全不同。

He was well liked down at the railway, quiet but kind.

他在铁道上很受爱戴。他沉默寡言，也很善良。

They are quiet and don't say much.

他们安静寡言，不常开。

Yes. I have friends even though I am a man of few words.

有。虽然我是个寡言的人，但我也有自己的朋友。

Some men are just lucky that way. He seems like most military men; strong and silent.

有些人就是这么幸运。他看起来和多数军人样：强壮，寡言。

Steenburgen says actors are often surprisingly reticent about meeting new people or even going to parties.

斯汀伯根说，对于结识新朋友甚至参加派对，演员们往往都表现地出奇的沉默寡言。

You may clam up in a meeting or during a presentation, especially if you get nervous.

你可能会在会议或演中沉默寡言，尤其是当你感到紧张的时候。

Why, if he came only to be silent, grave, and indifferent, said she, did he come at all?

“要是他这次来是为了要沉默寡言，庄严冷淡，那他又何必来？”