"inclined to secrecy," 1815 (implied in secretiveness); see secret (n.) + -ive. The word also was in Middle English with a sense "secret, hidden" (mid-15c.). Related: Secretively.
双语例句
1. Having spent a lifetime avidly courting publicity, Paul has suddenly become secretive.
保罗一生都在想方设法出风头，现在却突然行事低调了。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The Ministry is being obsessively secretive about the issue.
该部对这个问题讳莫如深。
来自柯林斯例句
3. Katherine was forever secretive.
凯瑟琳总是神神秘秘的。
来自柯林斯例句
4. He's very secretive about his work.
他对自己的工作讳莫如深。
来自《权威词典》
5. Everybody is being secretive : there's something cooking.
