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

• Application of the system in judgement practice, we should be active and cagey, distinguish common error and fatal error, notice the method of error and muff counteraction.
  审判实践中，适用过失相抵制度时应注意积极、慎重适用该制度，注意区分一般过失与重大过失，注重过失相低的方法。
• The cagey fox can not be easily trap by the farmer
  那只狡猾的狐狸不会轻易落入农夫的陷阱
• 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。
• It made sense to be cagey, even though crawling while carrying tools and explosives was awkward and uncomfortable.
  还是小心谨慎点为妙，尽管带着工具和炸药在地上爬，行动不便而且很不舒服。
• 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。
• The opening half hour was predictably cagey as both teams sought to stamp their authority on the game.
  前半小时和预计的一样难打，两队都试图控制比赛。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He was very cagey about what happened at the meeting.
  他对会上发生的事情保守秘密。