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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - The president is a secretive and scheming politician.
总统是一个行事隐秘、诡计多端的政客。 - 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。 - Maybe not as secretive as you.
可能没有你那么神秘。 - He's being very secretive about his new girlfriend.
他对他的新女朋友闭口不提。 - 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。 - 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。
