con·fi·den·ti·al·i·ty
noun/ˌkɒnfɪˌdenʃiˈæləti/
/ˌkɑːnfɪˌdenʃiˈæləti/
[uncountable]- a situation in which you expect somebody to keep information secret
保密；机密 - They signed a confidentiality agreement.
他们签署了一份保密协议。 - All letters will be treated with complete confidentiality.
所有信件将按绝密处置。 - He was fired for a breach of confidentiality (= an occasion when secret information was told to somebody else).
他因违反保密规定而被解雇（=秘密信息被告知其他人的情况）。 - She declined to give customers' names, citing client confidentiality.
她拒绝透露客户姓名，理由是为客户保密。
Extra Examples- It is important to maintain strict confidentiality at all times.
重要的是，任何时候都要严格保密。 - The newspapers have agreed to waive confidentiality.
报纸同意取消保密。 - They urged lawmakers to include confidentiality provisions in any new system.
他们敦促立法者将保密规定纳入所有新推行的制度中。 - To maintain patient confidentiality, the forms were anonymous.
为了给患者保密，这些表格不具名填写。 - efforts to protect the confidentiality of the client
为当事人保密的努力
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- complete
- strict
- total
- …
- assure
- ensure
- guarantee
- …
- agreement
- clause
- law
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- They signed a confidentiality agreement.