secretive

• adj. 秘密的；偷偷摸摸的；促进分泌的

词态变化

中文词源

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》