| 单词 | swear sb to secrecy |
| 释义 | swear sb to secrecyswear sb to secrecy 1 TELL A SECRETto make someone promise not to repeat what you have told them 让某人发誓保密 Examples from the Corpus swear somebody to secrecy• Nobody knows much about the organization because its members are all sworn to secrecy.• Lois had sworn her to secrecy.• He swore his family to secrecy and tried to continue living a normal life, making regular stage appearances and several movies.• Jett swore me to secrecy, with particular reference to you.• Mia swore me to secrecy after she told me about the affair.• Amy told no one else except her younger brother Howard, and she swore him to secrecy.• "What's she doing here?" "I'd better not say. She swore me to secrecy."• She swore him to secrecy and asked him to build the barrel.• They swore one another to secrecy.• No, surely he would swear her to secrecy - if he really did agree in the end to Miguel's request. → swear somebody to secrecy at secrecy(1) 2 TELL A SECRETto make someone promise not to tell anyone what you have told them 使某人发誓保守秘密 Examples from the Corpus swear somebody to secrecy/silence• Amy told no one else except her younger brother Howard, and she swore him to secrecy.• Lois had sworn her to secrecy.• They swore one another to secrecy.• This time I had taken the precaution of tipping off the organizers in advance and swearing them to silence.• She swore him to secrecy and asked him to build the barrel.• He swore his family to secrecy and tried to continue living a normal life, making regular stage appearances and several movies.• No, surely he would swear her to secrecy - if he really did agree in the end to Miguel's request.• Jett swore me to secrecy, with particular reference to you. → swear somebody to secrecy/silence at swear(2) |
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