secret是什么意思_secret怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

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"

information known only to a special group;"the secret of Cajun cooking"

something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained;"how it got out is a mystery"
"it remains one of nature"s secrets"

Adjective:

not open or public; kept private or not revealed;"a secret formula"
"secret ingredients"
"secret talks"

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"

not openly made known;"a secret marriage"
"a secret bride"

communicated covertly;"their secret signal was a wink"
"secret messages"

not expressed;"secret (or private) thoughts"

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"

hidden from general view or use;"a privy place to rest and think"
"a secluded romantic spot"
"a secret garden"

(of information) given in confidence or in secret;"this arrangement must be kept confidential"
"their secret communications"

indulging only covertly;"a secret alcoholic"

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"

the next to highest level of official classification for documents

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中英词源

secret 秘密，保密，诀窍，保密的，隐秘的

来自拉丁语 secretus,分开的，隐藏的，过去分词格于 secernere,分开，隐藏，来自 se-,分开， cernere,分开，词源同 crisis,discern,critical.后形容词过名词使用，引申诸相关词义。

secret: secret: [14] Etymologically, something that is secret is ‘separated’ from others, hence put out of the way, hidden. The word comes via Old French secret from Latin sēcrētus, an adjectival use of the past participle of sēcernere ‘separate’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix sē- ‘apart’ and cernere ‘separate’ (source also of English certain, discern, excrement, etc).

From the 16th to the 18th centuries, secret was used as a verb, meaning ‘hide’, but it was then altered to secrete, on the model of Latin sēcrētus. (The other verb secrete, ‘produce fluids or other substances’ [18], is a back-formation from secretion [17], which goes back to Latin sēcrētiō ‘separation’, a derivative of sēcernere.) A secretary is etymologically a ‘secret’ or confidential helper.
=> certain, decree, discern, excrement, secretary
secret (v.): "to keep secret" (described in OED as "obsolete"), 1590s, from secret (n.). Related: Secreted; secreting.
secret (n.): late 14c., from Latin secretus "set apart, withdrawn; hidden, concealed, private," past participle of secernere "to set apart, part, divide; exclude," from se- "without, apart," properly "on one"s own" (see se-) + cernere "separate" (see crisis).

As an adjective from late 14c., from French secret, adjective use of noun. Open secret is from 1828. Secret agent first recorded 1715; secret service is from 1737; secret weapon is from 1936.

词态变化

复数 secrets;
副词 secretly;

权威造句

1. The word "secretary" comes from the same Latin root as the word "secret".: 单词secretary和secret有同样的拉丁词根。

2. It"s an open secret that the security service bugged telephones.: 安全部门窃听电话是人人皆知的秘密。

3. The nature of the polymer is currently a trade secret.: 这一聚合物的性质目前是个商业机密。

4. He"s accused of misusing $17.5 million from a secret government slush fund.: 他被指控滥用秘密的政府行贿基金，金额达1,750万美元。

5. The exact locations are being kept secret for reasons of security.: 确切地点因为安全原因要保密。

近反义词

adj.

backdoor

deep

concealed

undercover

underhand

unpublished

unseen

covert

confidential

classified

confidence

mystery

tips

相似短语

be in the secret v. 知道内情

in secret adv.秘密地

in the secret 了解内情,知道秘密

secret archives n. 机密档案

secret process n. 秘密制造过程

secret profits 秘密利润

secret remedy 禁方

secret screwing 暗螺丝接合

secret switch 密封式开关，锁盖开关

secret trust 秘密信托

单词分析

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