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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - He's being very secretive about his new girlfriend.
他对他的新女朋友闭口不提。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Maybe not as secretive as you.
可能没有你那么神秘。 - 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。 - 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。