secret 英 [ˈsi:krət]   美 ['sikrət]

secret

secret  英 [ˈsi:krət] 美 ['sikrət]

n. 秘密;机密  adj. 秘密的;机密的 

名词复数:secrets 

secret information, secret meetings, secret talks 秘密信息╱会议╱会谈
He tried to keep it secret from his family. 这件事他试图瞒着家里。

  • A secret is something you don’t want everybody to know, like your secret crush on the bus driver. A secret can also be a mystery known to only a few — the secret of the lost pyramid.
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  • n. 秘密;机密
  • adj. 秘密的;机密的
  • 1. secret information, secret meetings, secret talks

    秘密信息╱会议╱会谈

  • 2. He tried to keep it secret from his family.

    这件事他试图瞒着家里。

  • 3. He's a secret drinker.

    他偷偷地喝酒。

  • 4. her secret fears

    她内心的担忧

  • 5. a secret room

    秘室

  • 6. They were so secret about everything.

    他们无论对什么都那样神秘兮兮的。

  • 7. The police had secretly filmed the conversations.

    警察已秘密地把几次谈话拍摄下来。

  • 8. Can you keep a secret?

    你能保守秘密吗?

  • 9. She was dismissed for revealing trade secrets.

    她因泄露商业机密被解雇。

  • 10. official secrets, State secrets

    官方╱国家机密

  • 11. Careful planning is the secret of success.

    仔细计划是成功的诀窍。

  • secret (n.) late 14c., from Latin secretus "set apart, withdrawn; hidden, concealed, private," past participle of secernere "to set apart, part, divide; exclude," from se- "without, apart," properly "on one's own" (see se-) + cernere "separate" (from PIE root *krei- "to sieve," thus "discriminate, distinguish").
  • secret (v.) "to keep secret" (described in OED as "obsolete"), 1590s, from secret (n.). Related: Secreted; secreting.
se·cret / ˈsiːkrət ; NAmE ˈsiːkrət / adjective , noun secret secrets adjective 1 known about by only a few people; kept hidden from others 秘密的;保密的;外人不得而知的 secret information/meetings/talks 秘密信息╱会议╱会谈 secret(from sb) He tried to keep it secretfrom his family. 这件事他试图瞒着家里。 Details of the proposals remain secret. 提议的细节仍不得而知。 a secret passage leading to the beach 通往海滩的秘密通道 see also top secret 2 [only before noun ] used to describe actions and behaviour that you do not tell other people about (指行为与习惯)暗中进行的,未公开的,隐秘的 He's a secret drinker. 他偷偷地喝酒。 her secret fears 她内心的担忧 a secret room 秘室 3 [not usually before noun ] secret(about sth) (of a person or their behaviour 人或行为 ) liking to have secrets that other people do not know about; showing this 诡秘;神秘 SYN secretive They were so secret about everything. 他们无论对什么都那样神秘兮兮的。 Jessica caught a secret smile flitting between the two of them. 杰西卡看见他们俩诡秘地相视一笑。 se·cret·ly / ˈsiːkrətli ; NAmE ˈsiːkrətli / adverb The police had secretly filmed the conversations. 警察已秘密地把几次谈话拍摄下来。 She was secretly pleased to see him. 见到他,她心中窃喜。 noun 1 [countable ] something that is known about by only a few people and not told to others 秘密;机密 Can you keep a secret? 你能保守秘密吗? The location of the ship is a closely guarded secret. 那艘船的位置是高度机密。 Shall we let him in on (= tell him) the secret? 我们要不要把秘密透露给他? He made no secret ofhis ambition (= he didn't try to hide it). 他并没有掩饰自己的雄心壮志。 She was dismissed for revealing trade secrets. 她因泄露商业机密被解雇。 official/State secrets 官方╱国家机密 2 ( usuallythe secret ) [singular ] the best or only way to achieve sth; the way a particular person achieves sth 诀窍;秘诀 Careful planning is the secret of success. 仔细计划是成功的诀窍。 She still looks so young. What's her secret? 她看上去依旧那么年轻,她的保养秘诀是什么呢? 3 [countable ,  usually plural ] a thing that is not yet fully understood or that is difficult to understand 奥秘;奥妙 the secrets of the universe 宇宙的奥秘 IDIOM in ˈsecret without other people knowing about it 秘密地;暗中 The meeting was held in secret. 会议是秘密召开的。 more at guilty adj. , open adj. se·cret / ˈsiːkrət ; NAmE ˈsiːkrət / se·cret·ly / ˈsiːkrətli ; NAmE ˈsiːkrətli /
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