well for example, i might ask you where you're going tonight and you won't really answer my question ╟ you might have a very good or very personal reason for not telling me but i might describe you as cagey. 如果你問我今晚打算干什么,我不想告訴你，于是躲躲閃閃不直接回答你的問題，這就是 cagey. 漢語就是回避。

jo: today we're looking at the word cagey c.a.g.e.y. cagey.

lily: cagey? 什么意思呢?

jo: well it's an adjective that you can use for someone who is unwilling to give you information.

lily: 一個不愿向你透露任何信息的人就可以被形容為 cagey. can you give us an example jo?

jo: well for example, i might ask you where you're going tonight and you won't really answer my question ╟ you might have a very good or very personal reason for not telling me but i might describe you as cagey.

lily: 如果你問我今晚打算干什么,我不想告訴你，于是躲躲閃閃不直接回答你的問題，這就是 cagey. 漢語就是回避。

jo: here's some more examples to help.

examples

a: you've got a few bags there ╟ what have you been buying?

b: oh nothing special ╟ just stuff.

a: food or presents?

b: just stuff, you know.

a: hmm you're being a bit cagey aren't you?

a: i wonder why jason was talking to the boss…

b: yeah i was curious about that. i tired to ask him about it but he was being rather cagey.

jo: now i saw you last night lily…

lily: you saw me? where?

jo: you were walking down the street, near that new shopping centre ╟ with a tall man.

lily: oh yes. i was just going out for a meal.

jo: with the man? who's he then? anyone special?

lily: just a friend.

jo: oh come on lily, you can tell me.

lily: i said ╟ he's a friend.

jo: now you're being a bit cagey lily.

lily: 我說 jo, 你對我并不是什么都說, 那我也沒有義務把所有的事情都告你呀! 好了, 今天的地道英語節(jié)目就學到這里. 祝大家學習愉快!

jo: bye!