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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 They belong to an age-old secret society. 他们属于一个古老的秘密团体。 - secret from somebody
He tried to keep it secret from 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 The two candidates were chosen by a secret ballot (= in which nobody knows how you voted) of MPs. 这两个候选人是通过议员无记名投票选出的。 He's a natural salesman, whose secret weapon is the sheer confidence and optimism that he exudes. 他是一个天生的推销员,他的秘密武器是他流露出的十足的自信和乐观。 The group is on a highly secret mission. 该组织正在执行一项高度机密的任务。 Secret police documents were leaked to the press. 秘密警察文件被泄露给了新闻界。 The scandal was kept secret from the French public for 18 years. 这一丑闻对法国公众保密了18年。 What could be so secret what it had to stay hidden? 有什么能如此秘密,它必须保持隐藏?
Extra ExamplesThe ceasefire was agreed following secret talks between the two leaders. 两位领导人秘密会谈之后,双方同意停火。 revealing the text of the hitherto secret treaty 公开此前一直保密的条约文本 They managed to keep the party more or less secret from Christine. 聚会的事他们基本上瞒住了克里斯蒂娜。
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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。 I didn't know you were a secret football fan. 我不知道你私下里还是个足球迷。 her secret fears 她内心的担忧 Perhaps he has secret hopes that she'll go back to him. 也许他私下希望她会回到他身边。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
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(of a person or their behaviour )人或行为 liking to have secrets that other people do not know about; showing this synonym secretive诡秘;神秘
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, from Latin secretus (adjective) ‘separate, set apart’, from the verb secernere, from se- ‘apart’ + cernere ‘sift’.