We are each of an unsocial , taciturn disposition , unwilling to speak , unless we expect to say something that will amaze the whole room , and be handed down to posterity with all the eclat of a proverb . 你我的性格跟人家都不大合得来，又不愿意多说话，难得开口，除非想说几句一鸣惊人的话，让大家当作格言来流传千古。 ”
She felt thoroughly bound to him as a wife , and that her lot was cast with his , whatever it might be ; but she began to see that he was gloomy and taciturn , not a young , strong , and buoyant man 作为一个妻子，她觉得自己和他息息相关，不管命运如何，总是和他共命运的。可是，她开始发现他郁郁寡欢沉默不语，不是一个年轻力壮心情愉快的人了。
Finland ' s success in becoming the world ' s largest seller of mobile phones and mobile phone transmission system hardware despite its people ' s taciturn nature lay in its turning earlier existing communications problems into an opportunity for innovation 不爱讲话却能卖出全世界最多的手机和系统，关键在于芬兰把原本的通讯障碍，转化成为机会，但这也让外界对芬兰人更加好奇。
’ but finns are extremely parsimonious with oral expression . ” in view of this , in a book discussing the finns ' taciturn nature , its american author jokes , “ finnish is perhaps the world ' s easiest - to - learn language since you don ' t even have to open your mouth 也因此，在一本美国作家探讨芬兰人安静的本质的书中，作者特别开玩笑：芬兰语可能是全世界为容易学的语言，因为根本不必开口。
Mr fogg was as calm and taciturn as ever . his young companion felt herself more and more attached to him by other ties than gratitude ; his silent but generous nature impressed her more than she thought ; and it was almost unconsciously that she yielded to emotions which did not seem to have the least effect upon her protector 他那样和蔼可亲的沉静的性格，在艾娥达夫人心中产生了一种连她自己都想象不到的影响，甚至可以说，艾娥达夫人已经不知不觉地堕入了一种微妙的幻想，而这位令人难以捉摸的福克先生对于艾娥达夫人这种心情却象是一无所知。
Duncan was a rather short , broad , dark - skinned , taciturn hamlet of a fellow with straight black hair and a weird celtic conceit of himself . his art was all tubes and valves and spirals and strange colours , ultra - modern , yet with a certain power , even a certain purity of form and tone : only mellors thought it cruel and repellent . he did not venture to say so , for duncan was almost insane on the point of his art : it was a personal cult , a personal religion with him 他约定四人在他家里晚餐，旦肯是哈姆莱特一流人物，有点矮而胖，肤色暗黑，寡言笑，头发是黑而不卷，他有一种凯尔特人的古怪的虚荣心，他的作品只是些管条瓣形螺形线和奇异的颜色的混合物是超现代的，可是也有某种气魄，甚至某种纯粹的形式与格调，渤梅乐士觉得这种艺术是残酷的，令人厌恶的，他不敢说出来，因为旦肯对于他的艺术的主见差不多是病态的。
So taciturn and bottled up that he swallows his syllables as he pulls words out of his mouth in gruff , reluctant grunts , ennis tells jack of being raised by a brother and sister after his parents died in a car crash ; jack , brought up in the rodeo , is more talkative and recalls his lifelong alienation from his father , a bull rider 因尼斯是个沉默寡言，口齿不清的人，说起话来显得生硬而且很勉强，就这样他告诉杰克，他的父母出车祸后是哥哥姐姐把他带大的；杰克是在竞技场长大的，所以比较外向，他说自己和父亲的关系比较疏远。
She then added , - " this young madcap is , however , very nearly right , and merely re - echoes what he has heard me say with pain a hundred times ; for mademoiselle de villefort is , in spite of all we can do to rouse her , of a melancholy disposition and taciturn habit , which frequently injure the effect of her beauty 然后她又说道， “不过，这个小捣蛋鬼说得也差不多，他只是鹦鹉学舌而已，这句话他听我痛苦地说过不下一百遍了，因为虽然我们竭力想使维尔福小姐高兴，但她却天生抑郁成性，不说话，那常常会有损于她的美。
