| 词组 | secret |
| 释义 | adjective | noun secret1 /ˈsiːkrət, ˈsiːkrɪt/ adjective if something is secret, you do not tell other people about itnounsa secret place/location She keeps her money in a secret hiding place.a secret drawer/compartment/passage The drugs were hidden in a secret compartment in the bottom of the suitcase.a secret meeting/rendezvous US officials had secret meetings with the terrorists.secret talks/negotiations The two companies are holding secret talks to discuss a merger.secret information/documents/files He passed on secret information to the enemy.secret thoughts/fears I had told her about my most secret thoughts.the secret police/the secret service/a secret agent The spies were working for the secret police. | A secret agent obtained copies of the documents.a secret organization/society He belongs to a secret government organization.a secret mission The agents were on a secret mission behind enemy lines.a secret plan/recipe She has her own secret recipe for making Christmas pudding.a secret life My father had a secret life, which the rest of the family knew nothing about.a secret world The programme is about the secret world of the giant panda.a secret weapon (=something you think will help you be successful) The team have a new secret weapon – a talented young player who they hope will score lots of goals.a secret ballot (=a vote in which people write their choice secretly on a piece of paper) The chairman is elected by secret ballot.a secret admirer (=someone who loves you but does not tell you his or her name) The flowers must have come from a secret admirer.verbskeep sth secret They kept their relationship secret from their parents.remain secret The details of the proposal must remain secret.adverbstop secret (=containing very important secret information, especially about the government) The files were marked ‘top secret’.highly secret A highly secret meeting was held at the company headquarters.THESAURUS: secret confidentialinformation | details | report | document | file | letter | material | advice | nature if something is confidential, it must not be shown or mentioned to anyone else, because it contains personal details or information that an organization needs to keep secret: Information about patients’ records is strictly confidential. | The documents show confidential details about players’ salaries and contracts. | The report is highly confidential and only a few people have seen it. | You can ring our helpline for free confidential advice. | The file contains information of a confidential nature. | Solicitors must keep communications with their clients confidential. privatelife | affairs | thoughts | letter | call if something is private, it concerns your personal life and you do not want other people to know about it: Details of his private life appeared in a national newspaper. | Please do not discuss my private affairs in public. | Someone had been listening in on her private calls. | I can’t tell you what he said – it’s private. clandestinemeeting | affair | relationship | organization | movement | network | operation | mission | talks | war | shipment clandestine meetings and organizations are secret, because you do not want other people to know what you are doing. Clandestine is more formal than secret and is used about secret love affairs and secret political activities: The couple had clandestine meetings in the park. | He belongs to a clandestine organization whose aim is to overthrow the government. | The CIA was involved in a clandestine operation to kill Fidel Castro. | The government is fighting a clandestine war against the rebels. | Clandestine arms shipments were sent to Iran. classifiedinformation | document | report | material if information is classified, the government has ordered that it must be kept secret: He was accused of passing on classified information to the Russians in the 1950s. | He admitted selling classified documents to a foreign government. | The file contains highly classified material about nuclear weapons technology. sensitiveinformation | documents | material sensitive information must be kept secret because there would be problems if people outside a government or company knew about it: The document contains commercially sensitive information. | The high court ordered the release of politically sensitive government documents concerning the war in Iraq. | Some of the material in these files is highly sensitive and could cause huge embarrassment for the US government. covertoperation | activities | involvement | surveillance | filming covert activities are done secretly on behalf of the government, the army, or another official organization: The planes are used by British Intelligence for covert operations. | North was responsible for coordinating covert activities by the intelligence agencies. | The security police carried out covert surveillance of the activities of opposition politicians.You also use covert when people are secretly treated unfairly: There is covert discrimination against women. undercoveragent | operation | officer | police | detective | reporter | journalist | investigator working secretly to find out information, especially about criminal activities: The man tried to buy explosives from an undercover agent. | Detectives arrested the suspect after a five-day undercover operation. undergroundnewspaper | press | organization | movement | network an underground newspaper or organization works secretly to oppose the government: He started his own underground newspaper at college. | Her father was a member of the underground resistance movement in the war. | The magazine went underground after police raided its offices (=it started operating secretly). hush-hush informalproject if something is hush-hush, it has been officially decided that it must be kept secret: The strange things in the sky were part of some kind of hush-hush military project. | I’ve no idea what he does – it’s all very hush-hush.Saying that something is very secretYou say that something is top secret or highly secret | highly confidential or strictly confidential | highly sensitive or extremely sensitive. adjective | noun secret2 /ˈsiːkrɪt/ noun 1. something that is kept hidden from peopleadjectives/nouns + secreta big secret (=an important secret or one that very few people know) No one knows what they’re planning – it’s all a big secret.a little secret (=a personal secret that very few people know) You must promise me that this will be our little secret.a closely guarded/well-kept secret (=that few people are allowed to know) The recipe is a closely guarded secret.an open secret (=that a lot of people know, but do not talk about because it is supposed to be a secret) It was an open secret that he was having an affair.a dark/terrible secret (=about something bad) I’m sure every family has a few dark secrets.a dirty secret (=about something immoral) The exclusion of black people from the film industry is one of Hollywood’s dirty little secrets.a guilty secret (=that someone feels guilty about) He had finally discovered Jo’s guilty secret.sb’s innermost secrets (=very private or personal secrets) They shared their innermost secrets with each other.a family secret Their affair was a closely guarded family secret.a state/official secret (=a government secret) He was accused of passing on state secrets to a foreign government.a trade secret (=a company or business secret) An employee must not betray his or her employer’s trust, for instance by giving away trade secrets.military secrets Norman was sent to prison for five years in 1933 for selling military secrets to Germany.verbsremain a secret Until now, his past had remained a secret.have a secret We have no secrets from each other.know a secret (=about someone else) You can tell Tom that I know his secret.keep a secret (=not tell it to anyone) Can you keep a secret?tell sb a secret Shall I tell you a secret? Don’t say say a secret. let sb in on a secret (=tell them a secret, especially one that several other people know about) Frank let me in on the secret.reveal a secret also divulge a secret formal He was accused of revealing state secrets.give away a secret (=tell it to someone carelessly or by mistake) I had to be careful not to give away any secrets.share a secret (=tell it to someone because you trust them) I trusted Alex, so I decided to share my secret with him.discover/find out a secret He was afraid that someone would discover his secret.a secret comes out/gets out (=people start to know about it) We mustn’t let this secret get out.phrasesit’s a secret I can’t tell you – it’s a secret.it is no secret that... (=everyone knows that...) It’s no secret that she is looking for a new job.make no secret of sth/not make a secret of sth (=not try to hide something) He made no secret of his hatred for his boss.your secret is safe with me (=I won’t tell anyone about it) Don’t worry – your secret is safe with me.prepositionsin secret (=without anyone knowing) Their meetings were held in secret.a secret about sth He knew a secret about her that he could not share.a secret from sb I have no secrets from anyone.2. the way to achieve something goodGrammarIn this meaning, you usually say the secret or his/her/my etc secret.verbsdiscover/find the secret He thinks he has discovered the secret of true happiness.know the secret They all wanted to know the secret of Ellen’s coffee.reveal the secret/let sb know the secret The coach revealed the secret behind the team’s success.tell sb your secret In the book, he tells us his secret to the perfect loaf of bread.hold the secret Science may hold the secret to a better golf swing.prepositionsthe secret to (doing) sth The secret to making good pastry is to use very cold water.the secret of sth What is the secret of a long and happy life?the secret behind sth He says the secret behind his 20-year football career is never being satisfied with what he has won.phrases the secret is to do sth The secret is to use lots of butter.what the secret is I wish I knew what the secret was to a good relationship.the secret of sb’s success The secret of his success is a lot of hard work. |
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