secret
柯林斯词典
1. ADJ If something is secret, it is known about by only a small number of people, and is not told or shown to anyone else. 秘密的; 保密的
Soldiers have been training at a secret location. 士兵們一直在一個秘密的地方訓練。
2. →see also top secret
3. secretlyADV 秘密地
He wore a hidden microphone to secretly tape-record conversations. 他戴了一個竊聽器秘密錄下了談話。
4. N-COUNT A secret is a fact that is known by only a small number of people, and is not told to anyone else. 秘密
I think he enjoyed keeping our love a secret. 我想他喜歡對我們的戀情保密。
5. N-SING If you say that a particular way of doing things is the secret of achieving something, you mean that it is the best or only way to achieve it. 秘訣
The secret of success is honesty and fair dealing. 成功的秘訣是誠實和公平交易。
6. N-COUNT Something's secrets are the things about it which have never been fully explained. 奧秘
We have an opportunity now to really unlock the secrets of the universe. 我們現在有機會真正揭開宇宙的奧秘。
7. PHRASE If you do something in secret, you do it without anyone else knowing. 秘密地
Dan found out that I had been meeting my ex-boyfriend in secret. 丹發現了我一直和前男友秘密見麪。
8. PHRASE If you say that someone can keep a secret, you mean that they can be trusted not to tell other people a secret that you have told them. 保守秘密
Tom was utterly indiscreet, and could never keep a secret. 湯姆言行完全不慎重,從來守不住秘密。
9. PHRASE If you make no secret of something, you tell others about it openly and clearly. 不保密
His wife made no secret of her hatred for the formal occasions. 他的妻子不隱瞞她對正式場郃的厭惡。
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secret /ˈsiːkrɪt/ (secrets)
剑桥词典
- B1 [ 可數名詞:有複數形式的名詞 ]
- a closely guarded secret
- It's a secret, so don't give the game away, will you?
- A secret report incriminating the company was leaked last week .
- Shall I let you in on a little secret?
- He revealed the secret under torture .
a piece of information that is only known by one person or a few people and should not be told to others
秘密
Why did you have to go and tell Bob about my illness ? You just can't keep a secret, can you? 你爲什麽一定要跑去把我生病的事告訴鮑勃?你就是不能保守秘密,是嗎?
A close couple should have no secrets from each other. 關系親密的夫妻之間應該是沒有秘密的。
Aren't you going to let me in on (= tell me) the secret? 難道你不打算告訴我這個秘密?
There's no secret (= everyone knows ) about his homosexuality. 他是同性戀,這已不是秘密了。
She makes no secret of (= makes very clear ) her dislike of her father . 她毫不掩飾自己對父親的反感。
That restaurant is one of the best-kept secrets in Rome. 那個飯館是羅馬最鮮爲人知的地方之一。
[ 可數名詞:有複數形式的名詞 ]
a fact about a subject that is not known
奧秘
the secrets of the universe 宇宙的奧秘
[ 單數名詞 ]
the particular knowledge and skills needed to do something very well
秘訣;訣竅
So what's the secret of being a good cook ? 那麽要成爲好廚師,有什麽秘訣嗎?
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習語
in secretyour secret's safe with me 返回 secret