adj. （人，组织）保密的，守口如瓶的；（状态，活动）隐瞒的，秘密的；（人的表情，举止）难解的，诡秘的
词根：secret
adj.
secret 秘密的；机密的
secretory 分泌的；促进分泌的
adv.
secretly 秘密地；背地里
secretively 隐匿地
n.
secret 秘密；秘诀；机密
secrecy 保密；秘密；隐蔽
secretion 分泌；分泌物；藏匿；隐藏
secretory 分泌器官；分泌腺
secretin [生理] 分泌素；[生理][生化] 肠促胰液素
secretiveness 隐匿；分泌
secretor 分泌器；分泌腺
vt.
secrete 藏匿；私下侵吞；分泌
1.A hitherto secretive firm may be uncomfortable under the spotlight.
一家迄今神秘的公司在聚光灯下可能会感到不自在。
2.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。
3.Billionaires are usually fairly secretive about the exact amount that they're worth.
亿万富翁们通常对有关他们身价的确切数字讳莫如深。
4.Famously secretive, Apple has refused to comment on the tablet speculation.
由于是出了名的保密，苹果拒绝对有关“苹板”的的猜测进行评论。
5.DRUG companies are notoriously secretive.
医药公司行事诡秘、臭名昭著。
6.All were Albert and myself, secretive, busy and multiform in other dimensions of time.
那些人是艾伯特和我，隐蔽在时间的其他维度之中，忙忙碌碌，形形色色。
7.Oh you secretive ironist, was that perhaps your—irony?
哦你这个藏着掖着的讽刺家，那也许是你的——讽刺？
8.Having spent a lifetime avidly courting publicity, Paul has suddenly become secretive.
花了一生的时间狂热地追求出名之后，保罗突然变得遮遮掩掩起来了。