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ADJ-GRADED
秘密的;機密的;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.
例句
Soldiers have been training at a secret location...
士兵們一直在一個秘密場所訓練。
The police have been trying to keep the documents secret.
警方一直設法將這些文件保密。
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N-COUNT
秘密;機密;內情
A secret is a fact that is known by only a small number of people, and is not told to anyone else.
例句
I think he enjoyed keeping our love a secret...
我覺得他喜歡和我偷偷摸摸地談戀愛。
I didn't want anyone to know about it, it was my secret.
我不想任何人知道這件事，這是我的秘密。
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N-SING
秘訣;訣竅
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.
例句
The secret of success is honesty and fair dealing...
成功的秘訣在于誠實和公平交易。
I learned something about writing. The secret is to say less than you need.
我學過一點寫作方面的技巧，秘訣就是欲說還休。
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N-COUNT
奧秘;奧妙
Something's secrets are the things about it which have never been fully explained.
例句
We have an opportunity now to really unlock the secrets of the universe...
我們現在有機會去真正解開宇宙的奧秘。
The past is riddled with deep dark secrets.
過去承載了諸多不可告人的驚天秘密。
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PHRASE
秘密地;暗地里
If you do something in secret, you do it without anyone else knowing.
例句
Dan found out that I had been meeting my ex-boyfriend in secret.
丹發現我一直在跟前男友偷偷見面。
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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.
例句
Tom was utterly indiscreet, and could never keep a secret.
湯姆言語很不謹慎，什么時候也別想他守住秘密。
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PHRASE
不隱瞞;開誠布公
If you make no secret of something, you tell others about it openly and clearly.
例句
His wife made no secret of her hatred for the formal occasions...
他的妻子公開表示厭惡那些禮節性的場合。
Ministers are making no secret about their wish to buy American weapons.
部長們毫不隱瞞他們想要購買美國武器的愿望。