a situation in which you expect somebody to keep information secret 保密;机密 They signed a confidentiality agreement. 他们签署了一份保守机密的协议。 All letters will be treated with complete confidentiality. 所有信件将按绝密处置。 He was fired for a breach of confidentiality (= an occasion when secret information was told to somebody else). 他因违反保密规定而被解雇。 She declined to give customers' names, citing client confidentiality. 她以客户保密为由,拒绝透露客户的姓名。
Extra ExamplesIt is important to maintain strict confidentiality at all times. 重要的是,任何时候都要严格保密。 The newspapers have agreed to waive confidentiality. 报纸同意取消保密。 They urged lawmakers to include confidentiality provisions in any new system. 他们敦促立法者将保密规定纳入所有新推行的制度中。 To maintain patient confidentiality, the forms were anonymous. 为了给患者保密,这些表格不具名填写。 efforts to protect the confidentiality of the client 为当事人保密的努力
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