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
Thanks. But I have a question.
谢谢。但我想问一下
Once on shore, we pray no more.
一旦上了岸，就不再祈祷。
is as the proportion of the total vocabulary of his mother tongue against those words of his own baby talk that are taken up into the vernacular of his family.
就好像他本国语言的总词汇量和自己咿呀学语时他家庭所接纳的他的词汇量之比。