词汇释义

furtive  TEM8  GRE

UK  /ˈfɜː.tɪv/ US  /ˈfɝː.t̬ɪv/

adj, If you describe someone's behaviour as furtive, you disapprove of them behaving as if they want to keep something secret or hidden.偷偷摸摸的，鬼鬼祟祟的，秘密的

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外刊例句

1. For cabbies, this is against the law, even if they use a hands-free connection, so the nattering is usually furtive.(New York Times)

2. One element of Obamacare that’s driving this growing division is a furtive tax that whacks the health benefits that people get through their workplace.(Forbes)

3. Hacking is a solitary business, furtive and dimly lit by the glow of a computer screen, at least in the popular imagination.(BusinessWeek)

4. Enough for one industry analyst to dub the furtive return to paper planners a “micro trend.”(Washington Post)

5. Many force smokers to huddle outside like furtive criminals.(TheEconomist)

6. You may recall how the film delivers it: a shocking, outrageous murder and the fulfilment of our furtive desires.(The Guardian)

7. Two freshman boys, awkward fawns, peered, eyes wide and furtive, at the seniors, the coach, the girls.(New York Times)

8. As Gideon Haigh observed in Crossing the Line, his book about the episode, it showed the team in “fresh and uniquely unflattering lights: sneaky, furtive, oblivious and dim”.(The Guardian)

9. In the tunnel before kickoff there was a furtive glance across to Salah, but the showdown between the world player of the year and a contender for his throne never materialized.(Washington Post)

10. Several defenders said they like facing the cerebral Siemian, with his furtive fastball, one minute and the next, the athletic Lynch, who keeps them guessing: tuck or toss?(Washington Times)

11. There were 98,000 people there, no hurry and they were feted not furtive, surrounded by photographers and joined by their children Delfina and Benjamín.(The Guardian)

12. Asked for a prediction on when tennis would be the sole province of the tall, he remembered who he is coaching and flashed a furtive smile.(New York Times)

词汇搭配

furtive people, behavior, glance, look

词汇家族

furtiveness, furtively

词汇来源

16c., from French furtif (16c.), from Latin furtivus "stolen," hence also "hidden, secret," from furtum "theft, robbery; a stolen thing," from fur (genitive furis) "a thief, extortioner," also a general term of abuse, "rascal, rogue," probably from PIE *bhor-, from root *bher- (1) "to carry; to bear children."

近义词

shady, shifty, slippery, sly, sneaking, sneaky, stealthy

反义词

open, overt, public