People that are low in self-confidence tend to be reticent and somewhat anxious.

不自信的人更低调或者有一点容易焦虑。

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That’s what S meant, I decided: she would be an editor like Fuller, rather than someone bookish, like the legendarily reticent New Yorker editor William Shawn.

那就是S的目标，我很确定，她想做一个像福勒一样的编辑，而不是像纽约客的编辑威廉肖恩那样传奇而又沉默寡言的学究。

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Whereas the right used to be reticent and the Socialists keen, things have come full circle.

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Many doctors may still be reticent to use the drug, whose side effects include nausea, headache and dizziness.

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Because of this concern, it was felt that regulators at the Food and Drug Administration might be reticent to approve therapies derived from the cells as a result.

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