| 词汇 | cipher |
| 释义 | cipher noun uk /ˈsaɪ.fər/ us /ˈsaɪ.fɚ/ ciphernoun (SECRET LANGUAGE)[ C or U ](alsocypher) a system of writing that prevents most people from understanding the message: 密码;暗号 The message was written in cipher.电文是用密码写的。 Synonym code(COMMUNICATION SYSTEM) Codes & decoding bombe code word crack a code cracker cryptanalysis cryptologist cryptology cypher decode decrypt encode encryption passcode QR code scramble scrambler token tokenize uncoded unscramble ciphernoun (PERSON)[ C ]formaldisapproving a person or group of people without power, but used by others for their own purposes, or someone who is not important: 为人所利用的小人物；无名小卒；无足轻重的人 The interim government is a mere cipher for military rule.过渡政府不过是军事统治的一枚棋子。 People of little importance a cog in a/the machineidiom be past your sell-by dateidiom Cinderella inferior lightweight mediocrity minnow nothing pawn pipsqueak plaything poor poor relationidiom pygmy spear carrier unknown waste waste of spaceidiom waster worm ciphernoun (NUMBER)[ C ]USold-fashioned a zero: 零 If you have no children, enter a cipher in the space on the form.如果你没有孩子，在表上的空格里填零。 Numbers: cardinal, including nought & zero B, b bi deca- duodecillion fifteen five forty googol jillion kazillion naught nineteen ninety six sixty ten thirty twelve unit zillion cipher | American Dictionarycipher noun[ C ] us/ˈsɑɪ·fər/ ciphernoun[C] (SECRET WRITING)a system of writing that most people cannot understand, so that the message is secret; a code: We spent a lot of time figuring out the enemy’s cipher. ciphernoun[C] (NOTHING)a zero, or a person or thing that has no value or importance: In the hands of a lesser actor, the role could have easily been a cipher. Examples of ciphercipher In my judgment it is exactly eight ciphers too many. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 On the other hand, can one imagine a better way to create meaningless ciphers than to allow the party leaderships to appoint and re-appoint people? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the past, fire authorities have often been seen as rubber-stamping ciphers that merely approve what their chief officers want to do. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Just one word or one group of ciphers—even one letter—lost can mean the nullification of months, perhaps even years, of cryptographic work. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Elected councils have been turned into mere ciphers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They were mere ciphers and cogs in the state machine and there was absolutely no confidence in their professional ability or integrity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The whole trend of our modern society is away from the treatment of people as ciphers and towards recognition of their individual rights and claims. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am more and more alarmed every day at the degree to which we are becoming ciphers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The worker and the consumer are becoming ciphers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Members would not then be reduced to mere ciphers, as they are now. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They feel that they are no longer counted as human souls but as ciphers and that their energies and abilities are being exploited. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Are they to be mere ciphers in a mathematical calculation? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are not talking about ciphers, about people who are born cheats and who know how to get the best out of the system. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are not ciphers or rubber stamps; they are human beings. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We do not know enough about unemployment, and to regard unemployed people as mere ciphers or units of economic possibility is nonsense. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of cipher These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. 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