英:['si:krətɪvlɪ]
美:['sikrətɪvlɪ]
英:['si:krətɪvlɪ]
美:['sikrətɪvlɪ]
词根:secrete
adj.secretive 秘密的;偷偷摸摸的;促进分泌的
n.secretion 分泌;分泌物;藏匿;隐藏
secretiveness 隐匿;分泌
vt.secrete 藏匿;私下侵吞;分泌
Adverb
1. in a secretive manner; with a preference for secrecy;
"the teacher raised a hand to him, slightly and secretively, because he was her favorite"
back-formation from secretiveness, partial translation of French secrétivité
The first known use of secretive was in 1835
secret1 of 2adjective
hidden or kept from knowledge or view
working in secret as a spy or detective : undercover
a secret agent
secluded sense 1
a secret valley
secret2 of 2noun
something that cannot be explained : mystery
something kept from the knowledge of others or shared only privately with a few
something taken to be necessary to gain a desired end
the secret of a long life
secretiveadjective
having a tendency toward secrecy and concealment : not frank or open
secretiveadjective
having a tendency toward secrecy and concealment : not frank or open
1 The project was started “extremely secretively” months ago, lacking work permits or an environmental impact study, Silverstein said.
2 The report accused him and his handpicked successor, Patrick McQuaid of Ireland, of fostering a doping culture, running the organization autocratically and secretively, violating the organization’s own guidelines and engaging in highly questionable ethics.
3 Because NDAs are secretive by their nature, public insight into their use and scope can be very limited.
4 Here “non-life-sustaining businesses” were closed, and myriad other arbitrary distinctions were enforced — or exempted from enforcement through waivers secretively dispensed — by Gov. Tom Wolf, issuing edicts under powers he acquired by declaring a disaster emergency.
5 In evidence to Winchester Crown Court, he said he secretively took out "loans to cover other loans" out of fear his wife would leave him.
6 Leave some marks in different places you lived secretively.
在自己曾经生活过得地方暗中留下自己的标记。
7 When asked for more specifics, Black said he’s sore on “both sides,” and had no idea he was describing the condition secretively like it’s done in hockey.
8 “Making abortion illegal before addressing these injustices is going to kill women, because women will continue to have abortions, secretively and unsafely,” she wrote.”
9 Initially, Umbrella instructed me secretively to keep s.
起初,安布·雷拉秘密指示我避免s。
10 Western countries have begun to reflect, and openly or secretively compare themselves against China’s politics, economy and path.
11 President Obama might secretively be engineering a paradigm pivot in our foreign policy.
12 The Saudi government imprisoned eight people in connection with Mr. Khashoggi’s death, trying them largely secretively.
13 Gasps turned to incredulous laughter as he continues: “Musharbash is an Islamist who is secretively involved in jihad. He is trying to weaken the defensive forces of the West from inside.”
14 The pilot program set to launch in May 2020 has been controversial since it was secretively tried three years ago by a different police commissioner.
15 It had been thought female cuckoos waited until host birds left the nest before secretively laying their eggs.
16 Chinese security forces already operate secretively in Hong Kong, but the new law would expand and formalize their presence.
17 A conservative political podcaster shared examples of the platform allegedly favoring liberals and secretively downgrading conservative voices — a common criticism that Twitter’s previous leaders dismissed as inaccurate.
18 The testimony itself was later recanted - just one indication of how secretively the military dealt with mishaps.
19 Pre-internet era, Ibrahim would secretively search for information in her mother’s nursing textbooks.
20 You are, of course, entitled to your adult life, and while you don’t need to act apologetically or secretively around her, you do need to act appropriately and sensitively.
2 秘密
tête-à-tête hugger-mugger close inside private secret interior hidden underground closet mysterious confidential sneak undercover backstage esoteric privy cryptic clandestine backdoor stealthy backroom underhanded underhand closed-door sneaking surreptitious hush-hush under-the-table unavowed back-street undivulged huggermugger hole-and-corner backstair secretly darkly confidentially surreptitiously cryptically privily unavowedly privacy confidence mystery darkness confidentiality stealth secrecy QT secretiveness arcanum re- hide on the qt in petto under the rose under hat sub rosa in strict confidence under cover behind closed doors in confidence through the back door by the back door
3 遮遮掩掩
4 噤若寒蝉