- secretive (about something)
tending or liking to hide your thoughts, feelings, actions, etc. from other people 惯于掩藏自己的;不外露的 He's very secretive about his work. 他对自己的工作讳莫如深。 The child became secretive and withdrawn. 那孩子变得内向孤僻。 his highly secretive nature 他讳莫如深的本性
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Word Originmid 19th cent.: back-formation from secretiveness, suggested by French secrétivité, from secret ‘secret’.