Mental reservation
[法] 心理保留, 未明言的保留
🧩 词语组成解析
mental
['mɛntl]
adj. 内心的，精神的，思想的，心理的;智慧的，智[脑]力的;〈口〉精神病的，意志薄弱的，愚笨的;
n. 精神病患者;
ment思考，神智+al表形容词 → 智力的；精神的
🗣️ 情景例句
Sure.
当然可以。
He has been working in advertising for ten years, but now he is teaching.
他曾经在广告公司服务十年，但现在在当老师。
There has long been a superstition among mariners that porpoises will save drowning men by pushing them to the surface, or protect them from sharks by surrounding them in defensive formation.
长期以来，海员中流传着一种迷信的说法，认为海豚会把快要淹死的人托到水面，救人性命；或在人们周围列队保护，使他们免遭鲨鱼伤害。