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
- Katherine was forever secretive
凯瑟琳总是神神秘秘的。 - This is a HUGE step for them since they both are so secretive about their relationship.
考虑到他们一直都对这段感情秘而不宣,这次同走红毯算是前进了巨大的一步。 - Central banks are traditionally conservative and secretive managers of official reserves.
各国央行传统上是官方储备的保守且隐秘的管理者。 - Secretive as he is, he cannot possibly be a good man.
此人行迹诡秘,定非善类。 - He's being very secretive about his new girlfriend.
他对他的新女朋友闭口不提。 - 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。 - 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。 - I'm not at all secretive, and I'm pretty good at calling a spade a spade.
我不会遮遮掩掩,我喜欢直言不讳。 - 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。