The cagey fox can not be easily trapped by the farmer. 那只狡猾的狐狸不会轻易落入农夫的陷阱。
She's very cagey about her past life. 她对自己过去的生活守口如瓶。
The old hermit was very cagey about her past life. 老隐士对自己过去的生活守口如瓶。
cagey cagier, cagiest
[ adj ]
showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
<adj.all> a cagey lawyer too clever to be sound
characterized by great caution and wariness
<adj.all> a cagey avoidance of a definite answer chary of the risks involved a chary investor
The only character who glimmers with the promise of unpredictability is Rip Torn's cagey Buford Pope, the kind of villain who always tips his hat to a lady, even when he's about to murder her.
The government's assisted places scheme also helped. Schools are understandably cagey about announcing their use of bursaries to parents, as they do not want to raise hopes.
And few people are as cagey about guiding the flow of information as Mr. Bloomberg, a 46-year-old with a puckish sense of humor and a prodigious temper.
This very cagey litigant, Mr. Kreimer, has access to a virtually unlimited source of legal funding.
By law, parliament has to convene within 30 days, giving leaders the luxury of time in mixing and matching the nine main parties in the quest for a majority of the 511 seats. Smaller opposition parties were being cagey.