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ADJ-GRADED
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.
例句
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。
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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.
例句
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。
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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.
例句
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。
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N-COUNT
奥秘;奥妙
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。
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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.
丹发现我一直在跟前男友偷偷见面。
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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.
汤姆言语很不谨慎，什么时候也别想他守住秘密。
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PHRASE
不隐瞒;开诚布公
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。