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BNC: 6899 COCA: 7130

secrecy

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se·cre·cy /ˈsiːkrəsi/ ●○○ noun [uncountableU]  
1  SECRETthe process of keeping something secret, or when something is kept a secret 保密；秘密状态 → secret
 I must stress the need for absolute secrecy about the project.
我必须强调这项计划一定要绝对保密。
 His work was shrouded in secrecy.
他的工作秘而不宣。
 the veil of secrecy that covered the talks
笼罩在会谈上的神秘面纱
2. swear somebody to secrecy TELL A SECRETto make someone promise not to repeat what you have told them 让某人发誓保密
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swear somebody to secrecy• Nobody knows much about the organization because its members are all sworn to secrecy.• Lois had sworn her to secrecy.• He swore his family to secrecy and tried to continue living a normal life, making regular stage appearances and several movies.• Jett swore me to secrecy, with particular reference to you.• Mia swore me to secrecy after she told me about the affair.• Amy told no one else except her younger brother Howard, and she swore him to secrecy.• "What's she doing here?" "I'd better not say. She swore me to secrecy."• She swore him to secrecy and asked him to build the barrel.• They swore one another to secrecy.• No, surely he would swear her to secrecy - if he really did agree in the end to Miguel's request.
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secrecy• A 10-year life span for classified information, unless an agency specifies that the information must have continued secrecy.• You must make him understand the need for secrecy.• The expansion of citizen participation is greatly threatened today by government secrecy, industrial monopolies, and a closed media.• They were given uniforms; there was a rudimentary organisation; they practised drilling and, in secrecy, weapons training.• There is a great deal of secrecy within the organization.• The decision to release the documents reverses a Red Cross policy of secrecy.• The gunmen tracked down their target, despite the shroud of secrecy surrounding his whereabouts.• It had what all lovers lovers, seek, secrecy, privacy, exclusivity.• Why all the secrecy? You've got nothing to be ashamed of.• Anna swore me to secrecy on the subject of her family until her book came out.• In implementing his plan, Reagan operated in the utmost secrecy.• Our commanding officer emphasized the need to maintain the utmost secrecy about the operation at all times.
absolute secrecy• In the area of basic national defense the frequent need for absolute secrecy is, of course, self-evident.• Secrecy Rule 2.1 stresses the need for absolute secrecy before an announcement is made.• Until radicals grasped the need to conduct their affairs in absolute secrecy, their chances of conspiring effectively were remote.
Origin secrecy
(1500-1600) secretie “secrecy” ((15-16 centuries)), from secre “secret” ((14-16 centuries)), from Old French secré, from Latin secretus; → SECRET1
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BNC: 6899 COCA: 7130
secrecy

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ADJECTIVE | VERB + SECRECY | SECRECY + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤absolute, complete, total絕對機密；完全保密▸➤great, strict, utmost重大機密；嚴格保密；最高機密▸➤excessive過分的保密▸➤government, official政府／官方機密VERB + SECRECY➤maintain保守秘密▸➤be cloaked in, be shrouded in籠罩在隱秘之中▸➤be sworn to宣誓保密◇All the researchers on the project are sworn to absolute secrecy.所有參與這個項目的研究人員都按要求發誓嚴守機密。SECRECY + VERB➤surround sth秘密籠罩⋯PREPOSITION➤in secrecy處於保密狀態◇The drugs squad operates in the greatest secrecy.緝毒隊以極其秘密的方式展開行動。➤secrecy about有關⋯的秘密◇The organization has managed to maintain secrecy about its activities.該組織設法保證其活動秘密進行。PHRASES➤a blanket of secrecy, a cloak of secrecy, a veil of secrecy神秘的外罩；神秘的面紗◇A blanket of secrecy surrounded the tribunals.裁判庭籠罩着一層神秘面紗。➤a culture of secrecy (especially BrE) 保密文化◇The Ministry of Defence must answer for its culture of secrecy.國防部必須承擔保密職責。
BNC: 6899 COCA: 7130
BNC: 6899 COCA: 7130
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