mental reservation

英 [ˈmentl ˌrezəˈveɪʃn]

美 [ˈmentl ˌrezərˈveɪʃn]

心理保留，（对某项声明的）未明言的保留

法律

英英释义

noun

• an unstated doubt that prevents you from accepting something wholeheartedly
  Synonym:reservationarriere pensee

双语例句

• He that will live in this world must be endowed with the three rare qualities of dissimulation, equivocation, and mental reservation.
  举凡有意在这世上谋求生存者，必须具备三种难得的天资：掩饰感情、含糊其词、保留己见。
• Head son, you can't be doubting that I have mental reservation?
  头儿，您不会是在怀疑我有所隐瞒吧？
• Some have learnt many Tricks of sly Evasion, Instead of Truth they use Equivocation, and eke it out with mental Reservation, Which is to good Men an Abomination.
  一些人学会了玩狡猾借口的把戏，他们用含糊不清代替真相，以持保留态度来竭力自圆其说，在好人看来这实在讨厌。
• She outwardly approved of the plan with the mental reservation that she would change it to suit herself.
  她外表上对这计划表示赞成，但内心却想照自已心意改变它以顺应自己。