SECRETunwilling to tell people about your plans, intentions, or opinions 〔言谈〕小心谨慎的,守口如瓶的OPP open
cagey about
He was very cagey about the deal.
他对这笔交易守口如瓶。
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—caginess noun
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cagey• As a result, agents are becoming even more cagey about developing rawtalent.• The manager was more cagey about this.• She's very cagey about what she spends her money on, don't you think?• Yet he was cagey and knew when to be blunt.• His habitualLondonexpression, cagey and mournful, was never to be seen.• He has to be cagey, Billy, you should know that as well as anyone.• CoachBob Dwyer is playing it cagey over his choice of a replacementskipper.• The rest of the league has been waiting for a bellyflop, but the Giants' cageyright-handerrefuses to wilt.• He gets very cagey whenever I ask him about his job.• If he hadn't played so cagey with her, she'd have told him.
cagey about• The White House is being very cagey about the contents of the report.