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n.

adj.

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1. ADJ-GRADED See also: top secret; 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. 

  • 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。

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

2. 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. 

  • 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。

3. 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. 

  • The secret of success is honesty and fair dealing...

    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。

4. N-COUNT 奥秘;奥妙 Something's secrets are the things about it which have never been fully explained. 

  • We have an opportunity now to really unlock the secrets of the universe...

    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。

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

  • 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。

6. 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. 

  • 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。

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

  • His wife made no secret of her hatred for the formal occasions...

    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。

Noun

1. something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on);

  • "the combination to the safe was a secret"
  • "he tried to keep his drinking a secret"

2. information known only to a special group;

  • "the secret of Cajun cooking"

3. something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained;

  • "how it got out is a mystery"
  • "it remains one of nature's secrets"
Adjective

1. not open or public; kept private or not revealed;

  • "a secret formula"
  • "secret ingredients"
  • "secret talks"

2. conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods;

  • "clandestine intelligence operations"
  • "cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines"
  • "hole-and-corner intrigue"
  • "secret missions"
  • "a secret agent"
  • "secret sales of arms"
  • "surreptitious mobilization of troops"
  • "an undercover investigation"
  • "underground resistance"

3. not openly made known;

  • "a secret marriage"
  • "a secret bride"

4. communicated covertly;

  • "their a secret signal was a wink"
  • "secret messages"

5. not expressed;

  • "secret (or private) thoughts"

6. designed to elude detection;

  • "a hidden room or place of concealment such as a priest hole"
  • "a secret passage"
  • "the secret compartment in the desk"

7. hidden from general view or use;

  • "a privy place to rest and think"
  • "a secluded romantic spot"
  • "a secret garden"

8. (of information) given in confidence or in secret;

  • "closet information"
  • "this arrangement must be kept confidential"
  • "their secret communications"

9. indulging only covertly;

  • "a closet alcoholic"
  • "closet liberals"

10. having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding;

  • "mysterious symbols"
  • "the mystical style of Blake"
  • "occult lore"
  • "the secret learning of the ancients"

11. the next to highest level of official classification for documents

法律

  • 1.秘密警察
  • 2.机密

计算机

  • 1.【修】保密，秘密
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  • 1.机密级
1. At some dramatic moment in the story, the terrible secret becomes known and a reputation is ruined.
在故事发展到某个激烈的时刻，这种可怕的秘密被人家知道了，因此名声也就毁了。

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2. Don't give away the secret.
这项机密不可泄露。

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3. Don't tell him any secret—he's got a big mouth.
别告诉他任何秘密，他是个大嘴巴。

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4. Don't try to draw me out.; Don't try to trick me with words into betraying the secret.
别拿话来诈我。

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5. Don't worry, I wouldn't breathe a word of your secret.
别担心，我不会泄漏你的秘密。

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6. During the reign of the white terror, many progressives fell victim to the secret police.
在白色恐怖时期，许多进步人士成为秘密警察的受害者。

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7. Each clenched his fists and set his jaw when the order came to arrest the secret agents.
听说去抓特务，一个个都摩拳擦掌。

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8. Even if you have found the secret, there is no need to cry it from the housetop.
即使你知道了这个秘密，也没有必要闹得满城风雨。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

9. Forged passports were found in a secret pocket in the hold-all.
假护照是在手提箱的暗袋里发现的。

来自《简明英汉词典》

10. Guard the secret with your life, tell it to no one!
你要以生命来保守秘密，不要告诉任何人。

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11. He babbled the secret out to his friends.
他失口把秘密泄漏给朋友了。

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12. He entered by a secret entrance.
他是从一个秘密入口处进来的。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

13. He entitled the book The Secret Garden.
他把这本书定名为《秘密花园》。

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14. He escaped through a secret door.
他是从一个暗门逃走的。

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15. He made a clean breast of the whole secret.
他把所有秘密全盘托出。

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16. He made an allusion to a secret plan in his speech.
在讲话中他暗示有一项秘密计划。

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17. He penetrated into the secret.
他看穿了这个秘密。

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18. He swore never to divulge the secret.
他立誓决不泄露秘密。

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19. He unburdened himself of his secret to me.
他向我倾诉了心中的秘密。

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20. He was asked to hand on the key to a secret code to the guerrillas.
他们让他把一份密码送给游击队。

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