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discreet    音标拼音: [dɪskr'it]
a. 小心的,慎重的

小心的,慎重的

discreet
adj 1: marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint;
"his trusted discreet aide"; "a discreet, finely wrought
gold necklace" [ant: {indiscreet}]
2: unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic; "a discerning
editor"; "a discreet silence" [synonym: {discerning}, {discreet}]
3: heedful of potential consequences; "circumspect actions";
"physicians are now more circumspect about recommending its
use"; "a discreet investor" [synonym: {circumspect}, {discreet}]

Discreet \Dis*creet"\, a. [Compar. {Discreeter}; superl.
{Discreetest}.] [F. discret, L. discretus separated (whence
the meaning reserved, prudent), p. p. of discernere. See
{Discern}, and cf. {Discrete}.]
1. Possessed of discernment, especially in avoiding error or
evil, and in the adaptation of means to ends; prudent;
sagacious; judicious; not rash or heedless; cautious.
[1913 Webster]

It is the discreet man, not the witty, nor the
learned, nor the brave, who guides the conversation,
and gives measures to society. --Addison.
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Satire 's my weapon, but I 'm too discreet
To run amuck, and tilt at all I meet. --Pope.
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The sea is silent, the sea is discreet.
--Longfellow.
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2. Differing; distinct. [Obs.] --Spenser. -- {Dis*creet"ly},
adv. -- {Dis*creet"ness}, n. Discrepance

108 Moby Thesaurus words for "discreet":
Olympian, aloof, backward, bashful, blank, calculating, canny,
careful, cautious, chary, chilled, chilly, circumspect, close,
closemouthed, cold, considerate, constrained, controlled, cool,
dark, deliberate, detached, diplomatic, discriminating,
discriminative, distant, dry, enlightened, evasive, expressionless,
forbidding, frigid, frosty, gingerly, guarded, heedful, hesitant,
icy, impassive, impersonal, inaccessible, introverted, judgmatic,
judicial, judicious, leaving out nothing, mindful, moderate,
modest, noncommittal, offish, on guard, overlooking no possibility,
pawky, politic, provident, prudent, prudential, reasonable,
reflecting, reflective, regardful, remote, removed, repressed,
reserved, restrained, reticent, retiring, safe, secret, secretive,
shifty, shrinking, simple, slow to act, standoff, standoffish,
subdued, suppressed, tactful, temperate, tentative, thorough,
thoughtful, unadorned, unadventurous, unaffable, unapproachable,
uncommunicative, uncongenial, undaring, undemonstrative,
unelaborate, unenterprising, unexcessive, unexpansive, unextreme,
ungenial, unostentatious, unprecipitate, unpretentious, wary,
watchful, well-advised, well-judged, withdrawn


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