secrecy
英 [ˈsiː.krə.si]
美 [ˈsiː.krə.si]
secrecy 保密,秘密来自 secret,保密,保密,-cy,表状态或性质。
- secrecy (n.)
- 1570s, from secretee, "quality of being secret" (early 15c.), from Old French secré, variant of secret (see secret (n.)) + -ty (2). Form altered on model of primacy, etc.
- 1. This government has developed an unhealthy obsession with secrecy.
- 本届政府在保密方面做过了头。
- 2. They have been accused of secrecy and high-handedness in their dealings.
- 他们被指控隐瞒信息和强制交易。
- 3. She was bursting to announce the news but was sworn to secrecy.
- 她急不可待想宣布这个消息,但却发过誓要守口如瓶。
- 4. Preparations for the wedding were made under a cloak of secrecy.
- 婚礼的准备工作是秘密进行的。
- 5. The secrecy and swiftness of the invasion shocked and amazed army officers.
- 这次入侵的隐秘和迅速令陆军军官们大为震惊。