| 词汇 | secret |
| 释义 | secret noun uk /ˈsiː.krət/ us /ˈsiː.krət/ B1[ C ] a piece of information that is only known by one person or a few people and should not be told to others: 秘密 Why did you have to go and tell Bob about my illness? You just can't keep a secret, can you?你为什么一定要跑去把我生病的事告诉鲍勃？你就是不能保守秘密，是吗？ A close couple should have no secrets from each other.关系亲密的夫妻之间应该是没有秘密的。 Aren't you going to let me in on(= tell me) the secret?难道你不打算告诉我这个秘密？ There's no secret (= everyone knows) about his homosexuality.他是同性恋，这已不是秘密了。 She makes no secret of(= makes very clear) her dislike of her father.她毫不掩饰自己对父亲的反感。 That restaurant is one of the best-kept secrets in Rome.那个饭馆是罗马最鲜为人知的地方之一。 [ C ] a fact about a subject that is not known: 奥秘 the secrets of the universe宇宙的奥秘 B2[ S ] the particular knowledge and skills needed to do something very well: 秘诀;诀窍 So what's the secret of being a good cook?那么要成为好厨师，有什么秘诀吗？ a closely guarded secret严格保守的秘密 It's a secret, so don't give the game away, will you?这是个秘密，别告诉别人，好不好？ A secret report incriminating the company was leaked last week.一份显示这家公司有罪的秘密报告上星期泄露了出来。 Shall I let you in on a little secret? He revealed the secret under torture.在严刑拷打之下他吐露了秘密。 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 You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Knowledge and awareness Idiomsin secret your secret's safe with me secret adjective uk /ˈsiː.krət/ us /ˈsiː.krət/ B1 If something is secret, other people are not allowed to know about it: 秘密的，保密的 The president escaped through a secret passage underneath the parliament building.总统从议会大厦下的秘密通道逃跑了。 We ought to keep these proposals secret from the chairman for the time being.目前，这些提议我们应该先瞒着主席。 This is top(= extremely) secret information.这是绝密情报。 Do you think we'll manage to keep the surprise party secret from Mum until her birthday?你认为我们能把这个惊喜聚会一直瞒到妈妈生日那天吗？ kept hidden from other people secretThe spies had a secret meeting. covertThe government was accused of covert military operations. clandestineHe arranged a clandestine meeting between his client and the candidate. confidentialAll the information you give us will be treated as strictly confidential. classifiedThese documents contain classified information. [ before noun ] used to refer to someone who has a particular habit, hobby, or feeling but does not tell or show other people that they do: （习惯或爱好）不为人知的，秘而不宣的；隐瞒感觉的 a secret drinker偷偷喝酒的人 a secret admirer暗恋者 A secret buyer is understood to have paid £1 million for the three pictures . She's got a secret admirer who keeps sending her gifts.她有一个暗恋者老送她礼物。 The amazing thing is that it was kept secret for so long.令人诧异的是，这件事竟然保密了那么长时间。 The man's identity was being kept secret while he was helping police with enquiries. The trial was kept secret because of the risk of public disorder.因为有发生公众骚乱的危险，审判是秘密进行的。 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 Related wordsecretly secret | American Dictionarysecret noun[ C ] us/ˈsi·krɪt/ a piece of information that is not generally known or is not known by someone else and should not be told to others: We don’t keep secrets from each other. Don’t tell anyone – it’s a secret. What’s the secret of your success (= How was it achieved)? secret adjective us/ˈsi·krət/ known, done, or kept without others knowing: secret information The peace process began with secret talks in Norway. secrecynoun[ U ]us/ˈsi·krə·si/ What’s the reason for all this secrecy? secretlyadverbus/ˈsi·krɪt·li/ They secretly took photographs of Jack. secret | Business Englishsecret adjective uk /ˈsiːkrət/us if something is secret, only particular people are allowed to know about it: secret deal/meeting/talks Staff were informed to keep the company's plans secret. a secret document/operation/proposal See alsotop-secret secret noun[ C ] uk /ˈsiːkrət/us an important piece of information that only a few people know and that should not be told to anyone else: The ingredients of the drink are a closely-guarded secret. a national/military/state secret See alsotrade secret Examples of secretsecret He feared both the loss of secrets and the introduction of lax methods. Above all, this is a narrator allied with the female protagonists in the keeping of eclipsing secrets. Reading and writing family secrets : reflections on mass-observation. The investigation of the language discloses the secrets of national character, otherwise impenetrable, and reveals the origin of customs long since forgotten. He rightly felt that there were few secrets of modern history in archives. The city produced more words and paper in the seventeenth century and more secrets to shield from public gaze. While not yielding all its secrets in one or even five hearings, the whole is a joy to listen to. I consider three "sites" from which meaning is generated: the spectacle; otherness and sameness/misrecognition and identity; and secrets and closets. Both stories are constructed around shameful secrets and unmentionable activities. Furthermore, the trust that developed through the befriender's continuity and reliability allowed secrets to be shared. Without giving away current editorial secrets, we agreed on the following stages. In the degraded moral climate of the city, secrets were easily translatable into commodities. To the antebellum rogue, the city's gigantic web of secrets held unlimited financial rewards, if only it could be interpreted properly. The old aristocrats had some secrets, or amabanga, as well. We keep secrets from ourselves that all along we know. See all examples of secret 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. Collocations withsecretsecretThese are words often used in combination with secret. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. dark secret There is a secret which is kept un-revealed by the people who run finance companies, and so on, a very darksecret. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 guarded secret As the ending was a closely guardedsecret, many details had to be imagined by the playwright. secret marriage Cynthia tells her mother, and several friends, about the secretmarriage between the film star and the famous war correspondent. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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. See all collocations with secret |
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