discreet
discreet
[dɪˈskriːt]
(discreeter, discreetest)
discreetly
adverb
discreetness
noun
语源
[dɪˈskriːt]
(discreeter, discreetest)
- careful and circumspect in one's speech or actions, especially in order to avoid causing offence or to gain an advantage
（言行）谨慎的，慎重的；周到的
we made some discreet inquiries.
我们做了些周详的询问。
■intentionally unobtrusive
不显眼的，不引人注意的
a discreet cough.
轻咳。
discreetly
adverb
discreetness
noun
语源
- Middle English: from Old French discret, from Latin discretus 'separate', past participle of discernere 'discern', the sense arising from late Latin discretio (see discretion). Compare with discrete
- The words discrete and discreet are pronounced in the same way and share the same origin but they do not mean the same thing. Discrete means ‘separate’, as in a finite number of discrete categorieswhile discreet means ‘careful and circumspect’, as in you can rely on him to be discreetAround 10 per cent of citations in the British National Corpus for discrete are misspellings for discreet
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