网站首页  词典首页

请输入您要查询的词汇:

 

词汇 hidden-agenda
释义 hidden agenda
noun[ C ]
uk /ˌhɪd.ən əˈdʒen.də/ us /ˌhɪd.ən əˈdʒen.də/
a secret reason for doing something: 隐秘的动机,不可告人的理由
[ + to infinitive ]The prime minister denied that the new visa requirements were part of a hidden agenda to reduce immigration.首相否认实行新的签证规定的背后目的之一是要减少移民。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Motives and reasons
autotelic
causeless
drive
first principles
from a place ofidiom
impulse
impulsion
inclination
mainspring
motivation
motive
name
object
peg
place
rationale
reason
should
why
without cause

hidden agenda | Business English


hidden agenda
noun[ C ]
ukus
a secret reason for doing something:
have a/no hidden agendaOfficials there insist they have no hidden agenda.
a hidden agenda to do sthThere has never been a hidden agenda to try and control their foreign policy.

Examples of hidden agenda


hidden agenda
What is the hiddenagenda behind these invasions?
But by condemning this area, architects followed their own hiddenagenda.
The mixed and parallel models may contain a ' hiddenagenda ' because of their potential secondary effects.
The hiddenagenda of many of the chapters in the book is that the results of research should be applied to teaching.
From their perspective, this request might have been viewed as insincerity on the part of the researchers and possibly as evidence of a hiddenagenda that was not being revealed.
It worked to fill limited quotas, as "builders" and "agricultural workers" (with the hiddenagenda of potential soldiers) predominated among the lists of candidates for release.
Maybe the organisers have a hiddenagenda?
We have discovered another item on the hiddenagenda.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
I hope that on this occasion there is no hiddenagenda.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
In the absence of any argument to prove that there is that necessity, it is only natural that one should look for a hiddenagenda.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
They understand the hiddenagenda, which has been exposed to all and sundry.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
They go much further because the hiddenagenda is not merely to solve technical problems but to establish a number of supranational systems.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
We do not have a hiddenagenda in this matter.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
Doing away with tobacco growing seems to be part of some hiddenagenda.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
Is there a hiddenagenda of further changes?
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
See all examples of hidden agenda
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.
随便看

 

反思网英语在线翻译词典收录了377474条英语词汇在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的中英文双语翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2005-2024 fscai.com All Rights Reserved 更新时间:2025/1/23 4:38:16