secret

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(xùn)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(shí)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(xiàn)在有機(jī)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(fā)現(xiàn)了我一直和前男友秘密見面。

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合的厭惡。