tight-lipped
- adj.守口如瓶的;三缄其口的;缄口不语的;双唇紧闭的(尤指因生气);口紧的
tight-lipped
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ADJ-GRADED 口风紧的;守口如瓶的
If you describe someone as tight-lipped, you mean that they are unwilling to give any information about something.Military officials are still tight-lipped about when or whether their forces will launch a ground offensive.
军官们对于什么时候以及是否发动地面进攻依然守口如瓶。
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ADJ-GRADED (尤指生气、不赞同时)紧闭双唇的
Someone who is tight-lipped has their lips pressed tightly together, especially because they are angry or disapproving.He was sitting at the other end of the table, tight-lipped and angry.
他坐在桌子的另一头,双唇紧闭,满面怒容。
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If they do know , they 're keeping tight-lipped about it .
如果他们真的知道的话,他们会守口如瓶的。
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Her tight-lipped friend had kept it a secret .
她那守口如瓶的朋友对这事一直保密。
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Military officials are still tight-lipped about when or whether their forces will launch a ground offensive .
军官们对于什么时候以及是否发动地面进攻依然守口如瓶。
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He was sitting at the other end of the table , tight-lipped and angry .
他坐在桌子的另一头,双唇紧闭,满面怒容。
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Would you describe yourself as pretty open or rather tight-lipped ?
你觉得你是善谈还是不善谈呢?
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That tight-lipped custom might have been an early form of environmental protection .
这种闭口不谈的习俗也许是一种早期的环境保护的形式吧,不谈只是最基本的保护,禁猎才是根本。
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On the third measure , however , most firms remained tight-lipped .
尽管如此,对第三项调查,多数公司三缄其口。
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Remaining tight-lipped may help you avoid resentment and unnecessary strife .
守口如瓶可能有助于你免于怨恨和不必要的冲突。
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Right now , large banks are tight-lipped about how they intend to handle this sovereign risk .
眼下,大型银行在打算如何应对主权风险这个问题上三缄其口。
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The banks themselves remain tight-lipped about recruitment plans .
投行自身对于招聘计划仍守口如瓶。
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Gillette has always been famously tight-lipped when it came to blade life .
每次谈到刀片使用寿命问题,吉列总是守口如瓶。
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On the contrary , many people are also tight-lipped on the meeting , because we are looking forward to this meeting .
相反的,很多人对这个聚会也是守口如瓶,因为大家对这个聚会都很期待。
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Some are candid , like Hsu , while others remain tight-lipped .
有人和大S一样坦白直言,而另一些人则守口如瓶。
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Property agents who had freely talked about the relaxed curbs became more tight-lipped .
之前曾自由谈论限购松绑的房地产中介变得三缄其口。
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Moreover , the Chinese and Japanese steelmakers have so far been tight-lipped on their price stance .
此外,迄今中国与日本的钢铁制造商都闭口不谈自己在价格方面的立场。
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Tight-lipped elders used to say ," It 's not what you want in this world , but what you get . "
沉默寡言的老人们曾经说:“重要的不是在这个世界上你想要什么,而是你得到了什么。”
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But he 's a tight-lipped man who never talks about what he did to earn them .
但是,他是一个不多说话的人,他从来也没有说过他干了些什么才得到这些奖章的。
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While Dalglish remained tight-lipped on any potential interest , he insisted there was money to spend .
不过达格利什对球队可能有兴趣的球员依旧守口如瓶,但是他坚称俱乐部有钱可花。
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But the typically tight-lipped fund , known as GIC , continued to leave some key data under wraps .
但这只通常守口如瓶的基金还是没有公布一些关键数据。
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Beijing 's telecoms regulators remain tight-lipped about their plans , but there have been increasing signs of likely action .
北京的电信监管机构对他们的计划依旧三缄其口,但已经有越来越多的迹象显示可能的行动。
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When companies are planning layoffs , they 're often tight-lipped until they 've made definite decisions about whose jobs are being cut .
当公司计划裁员时,他们通常对此守口如瓶,直到已经确定谁的工作会被辞掉时才会放出消息。
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Susan gave a tight-lipped smile .
苏珊闭着嘴唇微笑了一下。
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The officials at the European particle-physics laboratory CERN , meanwhile , are tight-lipped .
欧洲的粒子物理实验室&欧洲核子研究组织(CERN)的官员目前仍保持着沉默。
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Owen Hargreaves is remaining tight-lipped over his desire to leave Bayern Munich for united .
对于他要从拜仁转会到曼联的希望,哈格里夫斯依然缄口不语。
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Aside from during quarterly earnings calls and major company events , though , he has generally been tight-lipped about sales and other financial figures .
但除了每季度的财报会议和公司的重要活动外,他总体上对销售额和其他财务数据闭口不谈。
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You were so tight-lipped , that we just assumed .
你真是我们一直以为的守口如瓶。
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At this level , everyone patrons and professional players alike is sensitive and tight-lipped about costs , particularly in these recessionary times .
在这个层面上,包括赞助人和专业人士在内的所有人,对价格和成本均十分敏感且守口如瓶,在如今这个经济衰退时期更是如此。
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white-faced and tight-lipped - then Harry felt a hand on his shoulder and looked up into Dumbledore 's smiling face .
脸色煞白,嘴唇抿得紧紧的——接着,哈利感到一只手搭在了他的肩膀上。他抬起头来,看到了邓布利多微笑的脸。
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This tight-lipped marketing strategy has been recently championed by French electronic producers Daft Punk , who have hidden behind their robot helmets for two decades .
这种守口如瓶的营销策略也得到过法国电音组合傻瓜朋克(DaftPunk)的采纳,他们以机器人头盔隐藏自己的真容达20年之久。
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Both NASA and the NRO are tight-lipped about the specifics .
但NASA和NRO对细节一直守口如瓶。