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
- The president is a secretive and scheming politician.
总统是一个行事隐秘、诡计多端的政客。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - A secretive man came looking for him.
突然来了一个神秘人来找他。 - 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。 - 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。 - Jack's work always seems so serious and secretive.
杰克的工作总是很严肃和秘密的。