mental reservation

美 [ˈmentl ˌrezərˈveɪʃn]英 [ˈmentl ˌrezəˈveɪʃn]
  • 心理保留;心理保留,(对某项声明的)未明言的保留
mental reservationmental reservation

noun

1
an unstated doubt that prevents you from accepting something wholeheartedly
Synonym: reservation arriere pensee

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  1. That you take this oath , an obligation freely without any mental reservation .

    我接受我的誓言,我将无保留地履行我的义务。

  2. and that I take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion ;

    我自愿承担这一义务,毫无保留,决不逃避。

  3. 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?

  4. 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。

  5. 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。

  6. 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。