discreet是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为a. 谨慎的, 思虑两全的，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《双城记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The discreet Mr. Lorry said, in a sample tone of the voice he would recommend under the circumstances, 'How do you do, Mr. Stryver?
在列夫·托尔斯泰的《安娜·卡列尼娜》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Vronsky intentionally avoided that select crowd of the upper world, which was moving and talking with discreet freedom before the pavilions.
-- On the right side of the warm church, in the crowd of frock coats and white ties, uniforms and broadcloth, velvet, satin, hair and flowers, bare shoulders and arms and long gloves, there was discreet but lively conversation that echoed strangely in the high cupola.
-- Through the closed doors came the sounds of the discreet staccato accompaniment of the orchestra, and a single female voice rendering distinctly a musical phrase.
-- Bravo!And Sergey Ivanovitch!Why, you ought to have said something--just a few words, you know, to encourage them; you do that so well," he added with a soft, respectful, and discreet smile, moving Sergey Ivanovitch forward a little by the arm.
在辛克莱·刘易斯的《阿罗史密斯》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- He marched into Joyce's room, irritated by its snobbishness of discreet color.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《大卫科波菲尔》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Dick,' said my aunt, 'don't be a fool, because nobody can bemore discreet than you can, when you choose.
-- She had a little basket-trifle hanging at her side, with keys in it;and she looked as staid and as discreet a housekeeper as the oldhouse could have.
-- 718'Oh!Before you come to that,' said Traddles, a little disconcerted, 'Iam afraid I thought it discreet to omit (not being able to carryeverything before me) two points, in making this lawlessadjustment- for it's perfectly lawless from beginning to end- of adifficult affair.
在简·奥斯汀的《爱玛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- She had no doubt as to his being less in love but neither his agitated spirits, nor his hurrying away, seemed like a perfect cure; and she was rather inclined to think it implied a dread of her returning power, and a discreet resolution of not trust-ing himself with her long.
在托马斯·哈代的《远离尘嚣》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- But Bathsheba, dear mistress, this I beg you to consider that, both to keep yourself well honoured among the workfolk, and in common generosity to an honourable man who loves you as well as I, you should be more discreet in your bearing towards this soldier."
-- Some rash acts of my past life have taught me that a watched woman must have very much circumspection to retain only a very little credit, and I do want and long to be discreet in this!And six years why we may all be in our graves by that time, even if Mr.
在玛格丽特·米切尔的《乱世佳人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Then, after a discreet pause which gave Gerald's splutterings time to die away, she knocked on the door andhanded the dress to her mother.
-- A discreet knock sounded at the door.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《远大前程》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- That discreet damsel was attired as usual, except that she was now engaged in substituting for her green kid gloves a pair of white.
在乔纳森•斯威夫特的《格列夫游记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- And he advised me to 'acquire, by my patience and discreet behaviour, the good opinion of himself and his subjects.'
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《艰难时世》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The round of visits was made; and Mr. James Harthouse, with a discreet use of his blue coaching, came off triumphantly, though with a considerable accession of boredom.
-- 'Thank you very much, sir,' that discreet lady observed, 'but pray do not let My comfort be a consideration.
在戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯的《查太莱夫人的情人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'You mean you wouldn't mind if he made love to Julia in some discreet alcove?'
-- The following day he had lunch with Connie and Hilda, at some discreet place.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《小杜丽》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- That young lady was too discreet ever to look back again; but, if Mr Sparkler had permission to speak, she remained silent; if he had not, she herself spoke.
在路易莎·梅·奥尔科特的《小妇人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Amy preserved a discreet silence, but there was a con-scious look in her downcast face that made Laurie sit up and say gravely, 'Now I'm going to play brother, and ask ques-tions.
-- 'Mothers have need of sharp eyes and discreet tongues when they have girls to manage.
在赫尔曼·梅尔维尔的《白鲸》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Now, it was plainly a labor of love for Captain Sleet to describe, as he does, all the little detailed conveniences of his crow's-nest; but though he so enlarges upon many of these, and though he treats us to a very scientific account of his experiments in this crow's-nest, with a small compass he kept there for the purpose of counteracting the errors resulting from what is called the "local attraction" of all binnacle magnets; an error ascribable to the horizontal vicinity of the iron in the ship's planks, and in the Glacier's case, perhaps, to there having been so many broken-down blacksmiths among her crew; I say, that though the Captain is very discreet and scientific here, yet, for all his learned "binnacle deviations," "azimuth compass observations," and "approximate errors," he knows very well, Captain Sleet, that he was not so much immersed in those profound magnetic meditations, as to fail being attracted occasionally towards that well replenished little case-bottle, so nicely tucked in on one side of his crow's nest, within easy reach of his hand.
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