英语词汇secret怎么读，是什么意思，单词翻译、读音、固定搭配用法和短语词组及例句-英汉双解词典

secret

siːkrɪt  ˈsikrɪt 

Word forms: plural secrets

1 ADJ-GRADED [ADJ n] [verb-link ADJ] 秘密的;机密的;保密的 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;机密的;保密的

Soldiers have been training at a secret location.

士兵们一直在一个秘密场所训练。
The police have been trying to keep the documents secret.

警方一直设法将这些文件保密。

SYN undisclosed, unknown, confidential, underground

2See also:top secret

secretly

He wore a hidden microphone to secretly tape-record conversations.

他身上藏了一个传声器，打算偷偷录下谈话内容。
...secretly organised events.

秘密组织的活动

3 N-COUNT 秘密;机密;内情 A secret is a fact that is known by only a small number of people, and is not told to anyone else. 秘密;机密;内情

I think he enjoyed keeping our love a secret.

我觉得他喜欢和我偷偷摸摸地谈恋爱。
I didn't want anyone to know about it, it was my secret.

我不想任何人知道这件事，这是我的秘密。

4 N-SING 秘诀;诀窍 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. 秘诀;诀窍

The secret of success is honesty and fair dealing. [+ of]

成功的秘诀在于诚实和公平交易。
I learned something about writing. The secret is to say less than you need.

我学过一点写作方面的技巧，秘诀就是欲说还休。

SYN key, answer, formula, recipe

5 N-COUNT [usually plural, oft with poss] 奥秘;奥妙 Something's secrets are the things about it which have never been fully explained. 奥秘;奥妙

We have an opportunity now to really unlock the secrets of the universe. [+ of]

我们现在有机会去真正解开宇宙的奥秘。
The past is riddled with deep dark secrets.

过去承载了诸多不可告人的惊天秘密。

SYN mystery, question, puzzle, paradox

6 PHRASE 秘密地;暗地里 If you do something in secret, you do it without anyone else knowing. 秘密地;暗地里

Dan found out that I had been meeting my ex-boyfriend in secret.

丹发现我一直在跟前男友偷偷见面。

SYN secretly, surreptitiously, slyly, behind closed doors

7 PHRASE 保守秘密 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.

汤姆言语很不谨慎，什么时候也别想他守住秘密。

8 PHRASE 不隐瞒;开诚布公 If you make no secret of something, you tell others about it openly and clearly. 不隐瞒;开诚布公

His wife made no secret of her hatred for the formal occasions. [+ of]

他的妻子公开表示厌恶那些礼节性的场合。
Ministers are making no secret about their wish to buy American weapons.

部长们毫不隐瞒他们想要购买美国武器的愿望。

Quotations

They have a skeleton in their closet William Makepeace Thackeray The Newcomes

I know that's a secret, for it's whispered every where William Congreve Love for Love

For secrets are edged tools,
And must be kept from children and from fools John Dryden Sir Martin Mar-All

Thesaurus

Thesaurus	secret Also look up:
ADJ.	hidden, private, unknown; (ant.) known 1

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