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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Having spent a lifetime avidly courting publicity, Paul has suddenly become secretive.
保罗一生都在想方设法出风头，现在却突然行事低调了。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。