cagey

英 [ˈkeɪdʒi]

美 [ˈkeɪdʒi]

adj.  守口如瓶的; 讳莫如深的

BNC.23902 / COCA.25727

牛津词典

adj.

• 守口如瓶的；讳莫如深的
  not wanting to give sb information
  1. Tony is very cagey about his family.
     托尼对自己家的事讳莫如深。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 讳莫如深的;守口如瓶的
  If you say that someone is beingcageyabout something, you mean that you think they are deliberately not giving you much information or expressing an opinion about it.
  1. He is cagey about what he was paid for the business.
     他对自己在这桩买卖中所得的报酬不愿多提。

英英释义

adj

• characterized by great caution and wariness
  1. a cagey avoidance of a definite answer
  2. chary of the risks involved
  3. a chary investor
  Synonym:cagychary
• showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
  1. a cagey lawyer
  2. too clever to be sound
  Synonym:cagycannyclever

双语例句

• Federer, 27, was cagey on exactly when the baby is due, saying only in the summer.
  27岁的费德勒没有透露孩子确切的预产期，只是说在今年夏天。
• He remained cagey as to whether he would let Parker leave.
  谈到是否愿意让帕克离开时他出言谨慎。
• The banks have even grown cagey about lending to each other.
  银行已经更加谨慎的把资金相互转借。
• Application of the system in judgement practice, we should be active and cagey, distinguish common error and fatal error, notice the method of error and muff counteraction.
  审判实践中，适用过失相抵制度时应注意积极、慎重适用该制度，注意区分一般过失与重大过失，注重过失相低的方法。
• He was very cagey about where they were going this weekend.
  他对他们周末的去向守口如瓶。
• Impossibility: The Political Position of the Post-Marxist Ideological Trend; Our politics are debilitated by the virus of cagey noncommitment.
  不可能性：后马克思思潮的政治立场我们的政治立场减弱是受谨守中立之害。
• Officials remain cagey about the timing of the reform and the launch of 3G.
  政府官员对于此次改革与推出3g服务的具体时间仍很谨慎。
• He was cagey, cagy about speaking of it.
  他不太想说那件事。
• The opening half hour was predictably cagey as both teams sought to stamp their authority on the game.
  前半小时和预计的一样难打，两队都试图控制比赛。
• According to what was said yesterday, the company will support "mass storage devices"( think USB flash drives and digital cameras) but were cagey on how they plan on offering printing support.
  根据昨天的说法，Google会支持“大量存储设备”（据信包括USB闪存驱动以及数码相机），但是值得注意的是，它们如何计划提供打印支持。