discreet /dɪˈskriːt/ CET6 TEM8

• 1. 

  ADJ If you are discreet, you are polite and careful in what you do or say, because you want to avoid embarrassing or offending someone. (言行) 谨慎的

  例：

  They were gossipy and not always discreet.

  他们爱说闲话，而且不总是言语谨慎。

• 2. 

  discreetly ADV 谨慎地

  例：

  I took the phone, and she went discreetly into the living room.

  我拿了电话，她就谨慎地到客厅去了。

• 3. 

  ADJ If you are discreet about something you are doing, you do not tell other people about it, in order to avoid being embarrassed or to gain an advantage. 谨慎保密的

  例：

  We were very discreet about the romance.

  我们对这一段罗曼史守口如瓶。

• 4. 

  discreetly ADV 谨慎保密地

  例：

  Everyone worked to make him welcome, and, more discreetly, to find out about him.

  大家都尽力使他受欢迎，且更为小心地去了解他。

• 5. 

  ADJ If you describe something as discreet, you approve of it because it is small in size or degree, or not easily noticed. 小巧的; 不显眼的 [表赞许]

  例：

  She is wearing a noticeably stylish, feminine dress, plus discreet jewellery.

  她穿着一条非常时髦、有女人味的连衣裙，配以小巧的首饰。

• 6. 

  discreetly ADV 小巧地; 不显眼地 [ADV -ed/adj]

  例：

  ...stately houses, discreetly hidden behind great avenues of sturdy trees.

  …那些豪宅，隐隐约约掩藏在茂密的林荫大道后面。