单词 | secretive |
释义 | secretive (once / 3469 pages) adj WORD FAMILY secretive: secretively, secretiveness+/secrete: secreted, secretes, secreting, secretion, secretive, secretor/secretion: hypersecretion, secretions USAGE EXAMPLESYears of confidential German diplomatic cables provide a candid account of Luxembourg’s obstructive manoeuvres inside one of Brussels’ most secretive committees. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) Over the course of 2016 and part of 2015, a number of major foreign technology companies were subject to secretive Chinese security reviews. Seattle Times(Dec 28, 2016) Like today the original miners were secretive about their claims, often laying false trails and misinformation to lure their competitors away from prosperous sites. The Guardian(Dec 27, 2016) adj inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information Syn close, closelipped, closemouthed, tightlipped incommunicative, uncommunicative not inclined to talk or give information or express opinions |
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