He's a man of few words, very polite and unassuming.

他不爱说话，非常有礼貌，也不装腔作势。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

He is a man of few words.

他是个沉默寡言的人。

《新英汉大辞典》

He was a man of few words with a delightful dry sense of humour.

他话不多，很幽默，却又不形于色，让人很愉快。

《牛津词典》

Still,in the words of an old American saying, the person who keeps pulling the grapevine shakes down at least a few grapes.

VOA: special.2009.02.22

Frost as a narrator, in these great poems I'm describing, frames his people's words minimally, with few bits of narrative information.

作为一个叙事者，弗罗斯特在我所说的那些伟大的诗歌中，最低程度地用框架框住人的语言，夹杂着少许叙事的信息。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

Wednesday will be the test, Test 1, and I will say a few words about that, coverage through the end of lecture on Wednesday.

星期三会有测试，测试，我将说一些关于考试的事，周三的考试内容，涉及到这节课的末尾部分。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

My brother, though of few words, had been thoughtful and affectionate since his childhood.

NPR: Literature and Lullabies from the 'Axis of Evil'

Opening remarks aside, this is a show of few words, with minimal signage and no theorizing.

WSJ: High-Concept Enchantments: Review of Shoe Obsession at the Museum at FIT

As Ford conceived him he was a man of few words, whose intense emotional life lay hidden from the world.

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