secret

secret
adjective
  1. not known or seen or not meant to be known or seen by others
    秘密的
    how did you guess I'd got a secret plan?.
    你怎么猜到我有个秘密计划？。
    the resupply effort was probably kept secret from Congress.
    再补给行动可能是对国会保密的。
    ■[attrib.]not meant to be known as such by others
    秘密的，不想让人知道的
    a secret drinker.
    秘密酒徒。
    ■fond of or good at keeping things about oneself unknown
    善于掩饰自己的
    he can be the most secret man.
    他可能是最会掩饰自己的人。
noun
  1. something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others
    秘密，机密
    a state secret.
    国家机密。
    at first I tried to keep it a secret from my wife.
    起初我竭力不让我妻子知道此事。
    ■something that is not properly understood; a mystery
    令人不解的事；神秘；谜
    I'm not trying to explain the secrets of the universe in this book.
    在本书中我并不试图解释宇宙的奥秘。
    ■a valid but not commonly known or recognized method of achieving or maintaining something
    秘诀；诀窍
    the secret of a happy marriage is compromise.
    幸福婚姻的秘诀是妥协。
    ■a prayer said by the priest in a low voice after the offertory in a Roman Catholic Mass
    （罗马天主教弥撒捐献仪式后牧师的）默祷
常用词组
be in (on) the secret
  1. be among the small number of people who know something
    知道内情
in secret
  1. without others knowing
    暗地里，秘密地
make no secret of something
  1. make something perfectly clear
    不隐瞒某事
派生
secretly
adverb
语源
  1. late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin secretus (adjective) 'separate, set apart', from the verb secernere, from se- 'apart' + cernere 'sift'
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