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undemonstrative

/uhn-duh-mon-struh-tiv/US // ˌʌn dəˈmɒn strə tɪv //UK // (ˌʌndɪˈmɒnstrətɪv) //

不显山不露水,不显眼,不显眼的,不显山露水

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : not given to open exhibition or expression of emotion, especially of affection.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.cool
Synonyms
aloof无动于衷,冷漠无情,冷漠的,冷漠annoyed恼火的,恼人的,恼火的是,烦人的apathetic麻木不仁,漠不关心,冷漠的,冷漠chill寒冷的,寒冷,寒意,寒气chilly寒冷的,冰冷的,寒冷,寒气distant遥远的,悠远的,遥遥无期,遥远的距离frigid寒冷的,冰冷的,严寒,寒冷impertinent不礼貌的,无礼,不礼貌,无礼的impudent冒失鬼,厚颜无耻,厚颜无耻的,厚颜无耻之徒incurious不切实际,不切实际的,不合逻辑的,无可救药indifferent无动于衷,漠不关心,漠不关心的,无动于衷的insolent无礼,无礼的人,无礼的,无理取闹lukewarm不温不火,温和的,温和,冷淡offended被冒犯的,冒犯了,冒犯的,得罪了offhand大手大脚,大大咧咧,大大咧咧的,大手大脚的offish鲈鱼procacious贪婪的人,贪婪的,贪婪,贪得无厌remote远程,遥远的,遥控,遥远reserved保留,保留的,保留的权利reticent沉默寡言,寡言少语,缄默不语,缄默solitary孤独的,独居者,孤立无援,孤立无援的standoffish落落寡合,冷淡,冷漠,冷漠的unapproachable不可接近的,不可接近,不易接近,高不可攀uncommunicative沉默寡言,寡言少语,沉默不语,沉默寡言的人unenthusiastic不热心,不热心的,不热情,不热衷unfriendly不友好,不友好的,不友善的,不友善uninterested无兴趣,不感兴趣,无兴趣的,不感兴趣的unresponsive毫无反应,毫无反应的,没有反应的,无反应unsociable独来独往,不合群的人,不合群,独来独往的人unwelcoming不欢迎,不受欢迎,不受欢迎的,不受欢迎的人withdrawn撤回的,撤销了,撤销的,已撤销

Examples

  • By the time he was 10, he’d run away several times—to explore the world around him, he insists, not rile up his undemonstrative parents.

  • Dream dates come knocking, and undemonstrative mates mount quite a show of affection.

  • Yet this sounds too severe on Miss Mildmay, who in her own undemonstrative way did love her nephew and nieces.

  • She knew that she had been undemonstrative in her manner, and that such was her nature.

  • It is a religion of love, practical, undemonstrative, knowing nothing of pageantry and spectacle.

  • But she remembered that Suzette was always undemonstrative, and she did not blame her, after her first disappointment.

  • She was an undemonstrative girl, though her likes and dislikes were well known to herself.