secretive

英 [ˈsiːkrətɪv] 美 [ˈsiːkrətɪv]

adj.  (思想、情感等)不外露的; 惯于掩藏自己的; 有城府的

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Collins.1 / BNC.11537 / COCA.11436



牛津词典

adj.

  1. (思想、情感等)不外露的;惯于掩藏自己的;有城府的
    tending or liking to hide your thoughts, feelings, ideas, etc. from other people
    1. He's very secretive about his work.
      他对自己的工作讳莫如深。

柯林斯词典

  1. ADJ-GRADED 深藏不露的;讳莫如深的
    If you are secretive, you like to have secrets and to keep your knowledge, feelings, or intentions hidden.
    1. Billionaires are usually fairly secretive about the exact amount that they're worth.
      亿万富翁通常对自己身家的确切数目讳莫如深。
    2. ...the secretive world of spying.
      不为人知的间谍界

双语例句

  1. This, coupled with the fact that flying machines remained universally a subject for jeers and derision, made the brothers secretive.
    这一点,加上飞行器仍是人们普遍嘲笑和讥讽的对象,使得兄弟俩只能暗地里行事。
  2. Having spent a lifetime avidly courting publicity, Paul has suddenly become secretive.
    保罗一生都在想方设法出风头,现在却突然行事低调了。
  3. Katherine was forever secretive
    凯瑟琳总是神神秘秘的。
  4. I'm not at all secretive, and I'm pretty good at calling a spade a spade.
    我不会遮遮掩掩,我喜欢直言不讳。
  5. Secretive as he is, he cannot possibly be a good man.
    此人行迹诡秘,定非善类。
  6. This is a HUGE step for them since they both are so secretive about their relationship.
    考虑到他们一直都对这段感情秘而不宣,这次同走红毯算是前进了巨大的一步。
  7. Central banks are traditionally conservative and secretive managers of official reserves.
    各国央行传统上是官方储备的保守且隐秘的管理者。
  8. Investigating the commercial arrangements between chefs and the bakers they work with revealed a more secretive world than I had expected.
    对于厨师和面包师之间的商业合作的调查,揭开了一个比我想象中更加秘密的世界。
  9. But her determination to avoid it has earned her a reputation as shy and secretive.
    但她坚决避免暴露在聚光灯下,这为她赢得了腼腆与神秘的名声。
  10. Maybe not as secretive as you.
    可能没有你那么神秘。
  11. Yet you are cautious and secretive about your projects, especially as you mature and develop.
    但是,你却对你的计划很谨慎跟保密,尤其是你成熟稳重过后。
  12. This year, it is hard to say, because both parties are so secretive.
    今年,由于两党都是如此行事诡秘,情况就很难说了。
  13. Julian is a very private, almost secretive, person.
    朱利安是一个很不坦率,几乎是守口如瓶的人。
  14. She had always been more nature and frank not deeply secretive like his Forsyte self.
    她一直都比较自然和坦率,不象他这个福尔赛那样讳莫如深。
  15. Google yesterday mounted a robust public defence of its secretive search algorithms.
    谷歌昨日为其保密的搜索算法进行了有力的公开辩护。
  16. Officials are being very secretive about the recent arms deal.
    官员们对近来的武器交易守口如瓶。
  17. She told me about this with the secretive giggling attitude of an errant schoolgirl.
    她用一个逃学小学生的神秘态度格格笑着对我说了这件事。
  18. But Apple is more secretive than the CIA, so we know little about this product.
    不过,苹果公司的动作比中情局(CIA)还要神秘,结果就是我们对它的第二代产品所知甚少。
  19. Jack's work always seems so serious and secretive.
    杰克的工作总是很严肃和秘密的。
  20. Privatisation and other economic reforms are impeded by a secretive, Soviet-style bureaucracy.
    政府的阴谋和苏维埃式的官僚作风也让私有化与其它经济改革屡屡受阻。
  21. He's being very secretive about his new girlfriend.
    他对他的新女朋友闭口不提。
  22. Despite her secretive nature, she is a talented druid who works well with others.
    除去隐秘的天性,她是个有才能的德鲁伊,能与别人很好的合作。
  23. It's just because you've been so secretive about kendra.
    那也是因为你对kendra太遮遮掩掩了。
  24. The president is a secretive and scheming politician.
    总统是一个行事隐秘、诡计多端的政客。
  25. Hedge funds are infamous for being scrappy and secretive.
    对冲基金由于混乱和隐秘而声名狼藉。
  26. Put, bring, or take in a secretive or furtive manner.
    秘密地或鬼鬼祟祟地放下、带来或带走。
  27. A secretive man came looking for him.
    突然来了一个神秘人来找他。
  28. Apple, for instance, is known to be very secretive about its plans.
    以苹果为例,该公司对它的计划十分保密。
  29. Small secretive nocturnal lizard of southwestern North America and cuba; bear live young.
    北美西南部和古巴的隐密并夜间活动的小蜥蜴;生下活的幼子。

英英释义

adj

  1. inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information
    1. although they knew her whereabouts her friends kept close about it

    Synonym:    closecloselippedclosemouthedtightlipped