(of a person 人 with a name that is not known or that is not made public 不知姓名的；名字不公开的 an anonymous donor 不知姓名的捐赠者 The money was donated by a local businessman who wishes to remain anonymous. 这笔款子是当地一位不愿透露姓名的企业家捐赠的。 the largely anonymous perpetrators of terrorist acts 恐怖事件中一般姓名不为人知的罪犯
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- become
- remain
- …
- completely
- entirely
- totally
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- prefer to remain anonymous
- wish to remain anonymous
written, given, made, etc. by somebody who does not want their name to be known or made public 匿名的；不具名的 an anonymous letter 匿名信
without any unusual or interesting features 没有特色的 long stretches of dull and anonymous countryside 大片大片千篇一律、枯燥平淡的乡村 new housing estates with their anonymous tower blocks and large barren spaces 新的住宅区，有匿名的塔楼和大片荒芜的空间
Word Originlate 16th cent.: via late Latin from Greek anōnumos ‘nameless’ (from an- ‘without’ + onoma ‘name’) + -ous.