| 词汇 | furtiveness |
| 释义 | furtiveness noun[ U ] uk /ˈfɜː.tɪv.nəs/ us /ˈfɝː.t̬ɪv.nəs/ secret and often dishonest behaviour: 偷偷摸摸;鬼鬼祟祟 Their voices had an urgent furtiveness.他们的声音有点偷偷摸摸的，还带着些急迫感。 There was a furtiveness in the way she moved, as if she did not want to be observed. See furtive He expressed his feelings with a terrified furtiveness that was heartbreaking. Anne was annoyed by this unnecessary furtiveness and wondered why John had not explained the situation to her sooner. Politicians' furtiveness over their pay cannot possibly be excused. Secrecy and privacy anonymity anonymization anonymize anonymous anonymously cryptography data protection dead men tell no talesidiom dissimulate dissimulation on the quietidiom privacy privacy settings private privately under wrapsidiom undisclosed unrevealed unsourced unstated Examples of furtivenessfurtiveness The procedure itself was characterized by pain and other physical discomforts, impersonality, furtiveness, poor surroundings, and fear of a police raid. What kind of practice is this which leads to furtiveness, operations behind closed doors and blackmail? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If only you can behave naturally, and avoid any appearance of furtiveness, it is worth any number of elaborate disguises and faked documents. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The figure's location in the cellar, the darkness, the furtiveness, all are essential to the solitary man's satisfaction. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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