secretive

secretive

英 ['siːkrɪtɪv]
　　美 ['sɪkrətɪv]

adj. 秘密的；偷偷摸摸的；促進分泌的

中文詞源：

secretive 隱藏的

來自 secret,保密，保密，-ive,形容詞後綴。引申詞義隱藏的。

例句：

1. Having spent a lifetime avidly courting publicity, Paul has suddenly become secretive.
保羅一生都在想方設法出風頭，現在卻突然行事低調瞭。

2. The Ministry is being obsessively secretive about the issue.
該部對這個問題諱莫如深。

3. Katherine was forever secretive.
凱瑟琳總是神神秘秘的。

4. He's very secretive about his work.
他對自己的工作諱莫如深。

5. Everybody is being secretive : there's something cooking.
每個人都鬼鬼祟祟的,一定出瞭什麼事情.