secretive

[si'kri:tiv]

adj.秘密的, 偷偷摸摸的

例句与用法：

I don't know why Fred is always secretive as regards his family.

我不知道为什么凡涉及到他的家，弗雷德总是保密。

词形变化：

副词: secretively | 名词: secretiveness |

a.

1. 隐隐藏藏的

2. 能分泌的; 促进分泌的

secretive

词形变化：

副词: secretively | 名词: secretiveness |

词义辨析：

同义参见:

enigmatic

private

secretive[si'kri:tiv; 'sikrətiv]adj.1.■守口如瓶的，秘而不宣的；遮掩的2.■【生理学】(促进)分泌的

1. (of a person or an organization) inclined to conceal feelings and intentions or not to disclose information
   （人，组织）秘密的；守口如瓶的，遮遮掩掩的
   she was very secretive about her past.
   她对自己的过去讳莫如深。
   ■(of a state or activity) characterized by the concealment of intentions and information
   （状态，活动）隐瞒的；秘密的
   secretive deals.
   秘密交易。
   ■(of a person's expression or manner) having an enigmatic or conspiratorial quality
   （人的表情，举止）难解的；诡秘的
   a secretive smile.
   诡秘的微笑。
   

1. mid 19th cent.: back-formation from secretiveness, suggested by French secrétivité, from secret 'secret'
   

secretive

形容词 secretive:

inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information

同义词：close, closelipped, closemouthed, tightlipped

secretive

■And you need maybe a secret word or a secret number to get in, but we say a password, it's the word that lets you pass in, so you would need a password, which of course also might be anything.

(上网时)你可能还需要有一个秘密的单词或数字，我们称它们为“password”。有了秘码你才能进入网络，你可以选任何数字字母或词汇作为你的秘码。

■The phrase "secret diplomacy" has long been a red rag to American public opinion.

“秘密外交政策”的说法长期以来引起了美国公众的愤怒。

■Don't worry, I wouldn't breathe a word of your secret.

不要担心，关于你的秘密，我决不会泄漏一个字的。

■The test questions are kept secret, so as to prevent cheating.

为了防止作弊，考试的题目是保密的。

■The chief negotiator keep the report secret from the rest of the government team.

主谈人不让其他政府小组成员知道该报告的内容。

■Everyone is being very secretive,there's something cooking.

人人都讳莫如深，准是在搞什么鬼把戏。

■People saw the task force as secretive, and mistrusted it.

人们认为这个工作组态度不坦率，所以不信任它。

■The secret slipped from his lips.

他不小心泄漏了秘密。

■He revealed the secret by accident.

他不小心泄漏了这个秘密。

■He wormed the secret out of her.

他从她那里探得秘密。

■Neither of them know about it, and the corollary of that is that someone else revealed the secret.

他们两人并不知道这回事，因此一定是另外有人泄露了秘密

■Neither of them knew about it, and the corollary of that is that someone else revealed the secret.

他们两人并不知道这回事，因此一定是另外有人泄露了秘密。

■They went to absurd lengths to keep the affair secret.

他们为了保密无所不用其极。

■They are also the most secretive.

他们也是最神秘的。

■They made the secret public.

他们公开了这个秘密。

■They pledged never to tell the secret.

他们发誓决不泄密。

■Their wedding was an open secret.

他们的婚礼是公开的秘密。

■Their love affair is an open secret.

他们的风流韵事是公开的秘密。

■Their secret meetings set the villagers to wag their tongues.

他们秘密相会，使村民们议论纷纷。

■He seemed secretive about his new job.

他似乎对他的新工作保密。

■He seemed to know quite a bit about our secret project so I told him it had been cancelled to throw him off the scent.

他似乎对我们的秘密项目知道很多，所以我故意说这个项目已被取消了，以此来转移他的注意力。

■It's an open secret that his firm is going bankrupt.

他公司即将破产一事已是公开的秘密。

■He brought forth the secret.

他公开了这个秘密。

■He pledged to keep the secret.

他发誓保守该秘密。

■He babbled the secret to his friends.

他向朋友们胡乱说话泄露了机密。

■All the time he was in the city the secret police dogged his steps.

他在该市逗留期间一直受到秘密警察的跟踪。

■Her sister was very clever at worming his secret out of him.

他姐姐很会巧妙地从他那儿把秘密套出来。

■He would suffer death rather than betray the secret.

他宁死也不肯泄露机密。

■He was hesitant about giving her the secret.

他对是否告诉她秘密还犹豫不决。

■He harbors a secret grudge against his father.

他对父亲暗怀不满。

■He is secret about his past.

他对自己早年的经历一向嘴紧。

■He's very secretive about his work.

他对自己的工作讳莫如深。

■His jealously guarded secret was soon common property.

他小心翼翼保守的秘密很快就成为众所皆知之事。

■What is the secret of his success?

他成功的秘诀是什么?

■He went on a secret mission.

他执行一项秘密使命。

■He babbled the secret (out) to his lover.

他把这个秘密向情人说(出去)了。

■He's a deaf mute and cannot tell anyone secret.

他是个聋哑人，不会把他们的秘密告诉任何人。

■He unclothed his secret thoughts.

他暴露了自己的隐秘思想。

■He has secret channels of information.

他有秘密的消息来源。

■He grinned at me, as if sharing a secret joke.

他朝我龇牙一笑，好像彼此会心领略一个笑话。

■He hit the secret agent on the jaw and completely laid him out.

他朝那特务的下巴一拳打去，把他打昏在地。

■He kept his illness secret from his parents.

他没有告诉他父母他生病的事。

■His secret died with him, for he never told anyone.

他的秘密至死也不为人知，因为他从未告诉过别人。

■He promises me to keep it a strict secret.

他答应我对此事绝对保密。

■He left through a secret door.

他经由一暗门离开。

■He asked that the matter should be kept secret.

他要求对这件事保守秘密。

■It's an open secret that he's having an affair with his secretary.

他跟秘书的恋情是一个公开的秘密。

■Is it accurate to predict the result on the basis of one secret vote?

以一次不记名投票为基础预测结果准确吗?

■I felt like she was trying to catch me doing something secretive.

但这次不太一样，我好象觉得她跟着我做什么着秘密的事.

■Do you think Jack could bite in his secret want?

你以为杰克能忍住不说出他藏在心里的欲望吗？