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secretive

英 ['siːkrɪtɪv] 美['sɪkrətɪv]
  • adj. 秘密的;偷偷摸摸的;促进分泌的

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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。

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

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

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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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