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
Collins.1 / BNC.11537 / COCA.11436
牛津词典
adj.
- （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- He's very secretive about his work.
他对自己的工作讳莫如深。
- He's very secretive about his work.
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 深藏不露的;讳莫如深的
If you aresecretive, you like to have secrets and to keep your knowledge, feelings, or intentions hidden.- 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。 - ...the secretive world of spying.
不为人知的间谍界
- Billionaires are usually fairly secretive about the exact amount that they're worth.
英英释义
adj
- inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information
- although they knew her whereabouts her friends kept close about it
双语例句
- 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。 - Katherine was forever secretive
凯瑟琳总是神神秘秘的。 - Maybe not as secretive as you.
可能没有你那么神秘。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - The president is a secretive and scheming politician.
总统是一个行事隐秘、诡计多端的政客。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。