secretive的意思

secretive

英式音标['sɪkrətɪv]
美式英标['siːkrɪtɪv]

基本解释

adj. 秘密的；偷偷摸摸的；促进分泌的

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.

实用例句

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。

2. The Ministry is being obsessively secretive about the issue.: 该部对这个问题讳莫如深。

3. Katherine was forever secretive.: 凯瑟琳总是神神秘秘的。

4. He's very secretive about his work.: 他对自己的工作讳莫如深。

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.

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