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cagey

cagey
[英] [ˈkeɪdʒi:] [美] [ˈkedʒi] 生词本

adj.

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1. ADJ-GRADED 讳莫如深的;守口如瓶的 If you say that someone is being cagey about something, you mean that you think they are deliberately not giving you much information or expressing an opinion about it. 

  • 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。

cagily

  • Smart reacted cagily when Chelsea were mentioned.

    当提到切尔茜时,斯马特就不吱声了。

Adjective

1. showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others;

  • "a cagey lawyer"
  • "too clever to be sound"

2. characterized by great cautious and wariness;

  • "a cagey avoidance of a definite answer"
  • "chary of the risks involved"
  • "a chary investor"
1. She's very cagey about her past life.
她对自己过去的生活讳莫如深。

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2. The cagey fox could not be easily trapped by the farmer.
那只狡猾的狐狸不会轻易落入农夫的陷阱。

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