furtive

英 [ˈfɜːtɪv]

美 [ˈfɜːrtɪv]

adj.  偷偷摸摸的; 鬼鬼祟祟的; 遮遮掩掩的

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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

• Sir, there was one other thing. I noticed a prisoner leaving the authorised area and moving in a furtive manner above the library.
  长官，还有一件事情。我发现有一个囚犯离开限制区域，鬼鬼祟祟的到藏书室的上面去。
• What hideous, furtive hand is that which is slipped into the pocket of victory?
  偷偷伸在胜利的衣袋里的那只凶手是谁的？
• 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 phrase was furtive, sly, yet triumphant.
  这话说得鬼鬼祟祟，狡诈，却得意。
• Occasionally I took a furtive glance at him.
  偶尔我偷偷地望他一眼。
• He is furtive in his manner.
  他的样子鬼鬼祟祟。
• There was something furtive about his behaviour and I immediately felt suspicious.
  他的行为有些鬼鬼祟祟，我立刻觉得很可疑。
• 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。
• He had the furtive air of someone on an embarrassing errand, like buying underwear for his girl friend.
  他的神情鬼鬼祟祟的，似在进行尴尬的跑腿，比如为他女友买内衣。
• The man's furtive manner gave rise to the suspicion of the theft among the policemen.
  那个男人鬼鬼祟祟的样子，引起警察怀疑盗窃案是他作的案。