cagey

英 [ˈkeɪdʒi]

美 [ˈkeɪdʒi]

adj.  守口如瓶的; 讳莫如深的

BNC.23902 / COCA.25727

牛津词典

adj.

• 守口如瓶的；讳莫如深的
  not wanting to give sb information
  1. Tony is very cagey about his family.
     托尼对自己家的事讳莫如深。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 讳莫如深的;守口如瓶的
  If you say that someone is beingcageyabout something, you mean that you think they are deliberately not giving you much information or expressing an opinion about it.
  1. He is cagey about what he was paid for the business.
     他对自己在这桩买卖中所得的报酬不愿多提。

英英释义

adj

• characterized by great caution and wariness
  1. a cagey avoidance of a definite answer
  2. chary of the risks involved
  3. a chary investor
  Synonym:cagychary
• showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
  1. a cagey lawyer
  2. too clever to be sound
  Synonym:cagycannyclever

双语例句

• Doting audiences have seen Zhao grow from elfin youth to cagey comedian.
  喜爱赵薇的影迷观？看着她从淘气的少女成长为狡黠的喜剧演员。
• Impossibility: The Political Position of the Post-Marxist Ideological Trend; Our politics are debilitated by the virus of cagey noncommitment.
  不可能性：后马克思思潮的政治立场我们的政治立场减弱是受谨守中立之害。
• He was very cagey about what happened at the meeting.
  他对会上发生的事情保守秘密。
• A cagey avoidance of a definite answer; chary of the risks involved; a chary investor.
  对明确回答的谨慎的回避；仔细有关的危险；谨慎的投资者。
• According to what was said yesterday, the company will support "mass storage devices"( think USB flash drives and digital cameras) but were cagey on how they plan on offering printing support.
  根据昨天的说法，Google会支持“大量存储设备”（据信包括USB闪存驱动以及数码相机），但是值得注意的是，它们如何计划提供打印支持。
• He was cagey, cagy about speaking of it.
  他不太想说那件事。
• Like all investment banks, Deutsche Bank is cagey when it comes to revealing where it earns its money and what profit it makes. The lack of transparency makes comparisons among banks notoriously difficult.
  和所有的投资银行一样，德意志银行在谈及收入来源和利润时也颇为谨慎。由于缺乏透明度，所以在银行之间进行比较，是出了名的困难。
• Officials remain cagey about the timing of the reform and the launch of 3G.
  政府官员对于此次改革与推出3g服务的具体时间仍很谨慎。
• He was very cagey about where they were going this weekend.
  他对他们周末的去向守口如瓶。
• He was biting his finger-nails, as was his habit when he was being cagey.
  他咬着手指甲，这是他不愿明确表态时的习惯动作。