secretive
英['siːkrɪtɪv]
美['sɪkrətɪv]
- adj. 秘密的；偷偷摸摸的；促进分泌的
词态变化
副词: secretively;名词: secretiveness;
中文词源
secretive 隐藏的
来自 secret,保密，保密，-ive,形容词后缀。引申词义隐藏的。
英文词源
- secretive (adj.)
- "inclined to secrecy," 1815 (implied in secretiveness); see secret (n.) + -ive. The word also was in Middle English with a sense "secret, hidden" (mid-15c.). Related: Secretively.
双语例句
- 1. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The Ministry is being obsessively secretive about the issue.
- 该部对这个问题讳莫如深。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Katherine was forever secretive.
- 凯瑟琳总是神神秘秘的。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. He's very secretive about his work.
- 他对自己的工作讳莫如深。
来自《权威词典》
- 5. Everybody is being secretive : there's something cooking.
- 每个人都鬼鬼祟祟的,一定出了什么事情.
来自《简明英汉词典》