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

• 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。
• It was the almost furtive restlessness and irritability that had possessed him.
  那是一种一直纠缠着他的隐秘的不安和烦恼。
• 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。
• The mother's head turned for a quick furtive look at Hagen and he saw in her eyes a burning, hawklike triumph.
  这个母亲快速而又隐秘地看了黑根一眼，黑根在她的眼镜里面发现了灼烧的像鹰隼一般的胜利的光芒。
• 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。
• He worshipped this new angel with furtive eye, till he saw that she had discovered him;
  他爱慕这位新来的天使并偷眼望她，直到看到她发现他为止。
• 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。
• 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。
• The man's furtive manner made the policeman watch him to see what he would do.
  那人鬼鬼祟祟的样子引起警察对他的监视，看他要做什么。
• 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。