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
- 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。 - Put, bring, or take in a secretive or furtive manner.
秘密地或鬼鬼祟祟地放下、带来或带走。 - Maybe not as secretive as you.
可能没有你那么神秘。 - 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。 - 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。 - Katherine was forever secretive
凯瑟琳总是神神秘秘的。 - 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。 - 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。 - Jack's work always seems so serious and secretive.
杰克的工作总是很严肃和秘密的。 - 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。