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词汇 secrecy
释义 secrecy
noun[ U ]
uk /ˈsiː.krə.si/ us /ˈsiː.krə.si/
the state of being secret or of keeping something secret: 秘密;保密
The content of her report is shrouded in secrecy (= being kept secret).她的报告内容依然保秘。
I'd love to tell you about it, but Martin's sworn me to secrecy (= made me promise not to tell anyone).我想告诉你,可是马丁让我发誓保守秘密。
There has been strong criticism of the secrecy surrounding the negotiations.人们指责谈判不该那么神秘。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Secrecy and privacy
anonymity
anonymization
anonymize
anonymous
anonymously
cryptography
data protection
dead men tell no talesidiom
dissimulate
dissimulation
official secret
on the quietidiom
privacy
privacy settings
private
under wrapsidiom
undisclosed
unrevealed
unsourced
unstated

Examples of secrecy


secrecy
This tailoring of approaches to suit his intended audience depended upon a careful appreciation of the desires of each party and strict secrecy.
And why is such an emphasis put on secrecy, on covert speech?
Indeed, the ' privatisation ' of water has been shrouded in secrecy since the idea was first mooted in the early 1990s.
However, those duties help to explain why secrecy in voting is generally justified for citizens, though not for legislators.
For understandable reasons, the controversial project was cloaked in high secrecy.
And this secrecy which ' ' circumscribed their lives ' ' (25) extended to their own political histories.
Again, transactions in cattle are surrounded by secrecy, as people prefer not to publicly display their assets.
The manipulation of privacy and publicity defined and protected concepts of secrecy.
Intersexuals who try to understand the reason for the great secrecy sometimes come to believe they are suffering from a terminal illness.
According to the published version, secrecy appears to have been an integral element of the story.
In this paper, we will restrict our attention to secrecy properties.
Secrecy about where the funds came from and how much was donated became the norm.
Second, secrecy as a way of preserving intimate relationships can be countered by the weight of future intimate relationships entered into by the children.
But secrecy in the city mysteries narrative, as in the city itself, extended far beyond the creation of subterranean settings and dim light.
Other current policy initiatives also relate to secrecy in science.
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Collocations withsecrecy


secrecy

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absolute secrecy
Nevertheless, absolutesecrecy was impossible in such a densely populated island.
atmosphere of secrecy
Naturally, this has been carried out in an atmosphere of secrecy, but negotiations for the construction of the airship are now going on.
From the
Hansard archive

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bank secrecy
Funds from aid and natural resources are often sent by government individuals for money laundering to overseas banks which insist on bank secrecy, instead of spending on the poor.
From
Wikipedia

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