單詞
secretive
英 ['si?kr?t?v]
美['s?kr?t?v]
基本信息
- adj. 秘密的；偷偷摸摸的；促進(jìn)分泌的
TEM8低頻詞GRE暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
副詞:?secretively;名詞:?secretiveness;
中文詞源
secretive 隱藏的
來自 secret,保密，保密，-ive,形容詞后綴。引申詞義隱藏的。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. Having spent a lifetime avidly courting publicity, Paul has suddenly become secretive.
- 保羅一生都在想方設(shè)法出風(fēng)頭，現(xiàn)在卻突然行事低調(diào)了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The Ministry is being obsessively secretive about the issue.
- 該部對(duì)這個(gè)問題諱莫如深。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Katherine was forever secretive.
- 凱瑟琳總是神神秘秘的。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. He's very secretive about his work.
- 他對(duì)自己的工作諱莫如深。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 5. Everybody is being secretive : there's something cooking.
- 每個(gè)人都鬼鬼祟祟的,一定出了什么事情.
來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
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