沉默寡言

They did not understand how self-contained she was.

他们不明白她有多沉默寡言。

Long suffering, self-denying, reflective, and intelligent, a constitutional reserve and taciturnity placed and kept her in the shade, and covered her mind, and especially her feelings, with a sort of nun-like evil, which was rarely lifted.

她总是忍耐，克制，冥思苦想而聪明智慧；气质上的含蓄内敛和沉默寡言总是把她摆到一个不引人注意的地位；这使得她的思想，尤其是她的感情，仿佛被一幅修女的面纱遮盖着－这面纱很少揭开。

He is a man of silence.

他是一个沉默寡言的人。

A solipsist, in case you don't happen to know the word, is one who believes that he himself is the only thing that really exists

我猜想着这个沉默的孩子发生了什么事，原来那个快乐的孩子怎么突然变得沉默寡言起来。

Anyway, he must have noticed my starched shirt and how quiet I was in the meeting. I was all prim and proper.

怎么说呢，他一定是注意到了我笔挺的衬衫和会议上的沉默寡言和我那一本正经的样子。

He's a man of few words. He always stays alone.

他是个沉默寡言的人，总是一个人呆着。

In the case of my stepfather, this was a result of limited duration and his natural reserve.

至于我的继父，他与我相处的时间有限，而且他天生沉默寡言。

Deng Xiaoping is a person of few words, still waters run deep.

邓小平是个沉默寡言的人，坚强而且深沉。

The other term that comes to mind is "still waters run deep" which implies that people who are quiet and don't try to attract attention are often more interesting than people who do try to get attention.

我另外想到的短语还有"静水流深"，用来形容一些沉默寡言的人。他们不喜欢哗众取宠，但却经常比喜欢哗众取宠的人更有趣更受欢迎。

All these days he had been as sullen as silent.

这些天来，他一直沉默寡言，愁眉不展。

With Death guitarist Schuldiner adopting vocal duties, the band made a major impact on the scene.

随着死亡的吉他手Schuldiner接受主唱的职务，乐队在现实中树立了重要的影响。

But he could still end up breakfasting on Swiss-government issue muesli because all six are accused of nicking around 45 million pounds they should have paid to FIFA.

不过他最后仍有可能沦为瑞士政府&议事餐桌&上的一道早餐，因为这所有六个人都被指控把本应支付给国际足联的大约4500万英镑骗了个精光。