reveal to let someone know about something that is secret or has not been known until now 揭示;揭露;透露
Doctors are not allowed to reveal confidential information.
医生不得透露保密的信息。
It was revealed that he had smoked marijuana at college.
有人透露说他在大学里吸过大麻。
tell to talk about something to someone, so that they know about it 告诉
Don’t tell anyone about this just yet.
这件事现在谁也不能告诉。
Shall I tell you a secret?
跟你说个秘密好吗?
disclose formal to publicly reveal something such as a fact or a name that has been kept secret 泄露;公开〔被隐瞒的事实、姓名等〕
The terms of the agreement have not yet been disclosed.
协议条款尚未披露。
nThe agent did not disclose that there had been a violent crime in the house.
divulge /daɪˈvʌldʒ, də-/ formal to reveal important or personalinformation which was previously secret or unknown 泄露〔重要的或个人的秘密信息〕
The bank has refused to divulge its plans.
银行拒绝透露其计划。
I’m afraid I cannot divulge what was said to me.
恐怕我不能把他们跟我说的话泄露出去。
make something public to tell people about important information, especially after it has been kept secret 公开某事
Apparently they were engaged for some time before making it public.
显然,他们订婚一段时间之后才将此公开。
nThe government has agreed that sources of financing should in future be made public.
leak to deliberately give secret information to a newspaper, television company etc, when a government or other organization wants to keep it secret 透露〔政府等机构的秘密给报纸、电视台等〕
The contents of the email were leaked to the press.
电子邮件内容被人透露给了新闻界。
nA man was charged today with leaking official secrets.
give something away (also spill the beans informal) to tell someone something that you want to keep secret 泄露[暴露]某事
He was careful not to give away any trade secrets.
他非常谨慎,以免泄露生意上的秘密。
I’m not going to give away how much I paid for it!
我不会透露我的买价!
let slip informal to accidentally tell someone about something 无意中说出
He let slip that he was envious of his older brother.
nthe time, especially on a television programme, when something that was previously secret or unknown is shown or made known, or when a changed person or thing is shown
After the garden makeover, it was time to bring the owners back for the big reveal.
Originreveal
(1300-1400)Old Frenchreveler, from Latinrevelare“to uncover”, from velum; → VEIL1