"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.
雙語例句
1. Having spent a lifetime avidly courting publicity, Paul has suddenly become secretive.
保羅一生都在想方設法出風頭，現在卻突然行事低調了。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The Ministry is being obsessively secretive about the issue.
該部對這個問題諱莫如深。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Katherine was forever secretive.
凱瑟琳總是神神秘秘的。
來自柯林斯例句
4. He's very secretive about his work.
他對自己的工作諱莫如深。
來自《權威詞典》
5. Everybody is being secretive : there's something cooking.