furtive

英 [ˈfɜːtɪv]

美 [ˈfɜːrtɪv]

adj.  偷偷摸摸的; 鬼鬼祟祟的; 遮遮掩掩的

GRETEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.16387 / COCA.17887

牛津词典

adj.

• 偷偷摸摸的；鬼鬼祟祟的；遮遮掩掩的
  behaving in a way that shows that you want to keep sth secret and do not want to be noticed
  1. She cast a furtive glance over her shoulder.
     她心里不安，回头偷偷瞥了一下。
  2. He looked sly and furtive.
     他显得偷偷摸摸，鬼鬼祟祟。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 偷偷摸摸的;鬼鬼祟祟的;秘密的
  If you describe someone's behaviour asfurtive, you disapprove of them behaving as if they want to keep something secret or hidden.
  1. With a furtive glance over her shoulder, she unlocked the door and entered the house.
     她鬼鬼祟祟地往身后扫了一眼，然后打开门锁进了房子。

双语例句

• He took a furtive glance at the clock.
  他偷偷地瞧了一眼钟。
• Japanese love hotels, a refuge for space-constrained married couples and furtive philanderers, have long been a money-spinner.
  作为家居空间狭小的已婚夫妇和鬼鬼祟祟的好色之徒的庇护所，长期以来，日本的情人酒店一直是台赚钱机器。
• The oil companies, meanwhile, have done some furtive checking on their own practices, to minimise the risk that they might suffer a similar accident, but they have all insisted that the disaster will make no difference to their plans for offshore exploration and development.
  与此同时，石油公司私下里对自己的活动进行了一些核查，将自己遭遇类似事故的风险最小化。但它们都坚称，这场灾难不会影响其海上勘探和开发计划。
• During it antonia's eyes grew more friendly and more curious, and his own more shy, and schooled, more furtive and more ardent.
  这其间，安东妮亚的眼睛变得更亲切更好奇了，他自己的呢，却变得更羞怯，更拘谨，更隐秘，也更热情了。
• He pushed it gently with the tip of his finger, lightly, with the furtive.
  他用指尖推着，轻轻地、缓缓地、正象一只胆怯心细、想要进门的猫。
• Put, bring, or take in a secretive or furtive manner.
  秘密地或鬼鬼祟祟地放下、带来或带走。
• Later this was taken by some critics to be a typical NASA reaction& insular, furtive, overcontrolling.
  后来这些举措被批为典型的NASA反应&偏狭封闭、鬼祟、过分控制。
• The man's furtive manner made the policeman follow him.
  这人鬼鬼祟祟的举止引得警察跟踪了他。
• With a furtive glance over her shoulder, she unlocked the door and entered the house.
  她鬼鬼祟祟地往身后扫了一眼，然后打开门锁进了房子。
• He gave her a grateful, furtive look, and went back to his guest; an impulse had made him hide from her the true condition of affairs.
  他向她悄悄地投入感激的一瞥，回到了他的客人跟前去；一种冲动使他把真实的情况瞒住了她。