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单词 for your eyes only
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for your (also his, her, etc.) eyes only
q. for your (also his, her, etc.) eyes only: for the attention of a specified person (or set of persons) only; private, confidential. Later also as a classification on confidential letters, documents, memoranda, etc. (frequently abbreviated eyes only). Also attributive: designating a letter, memorandum, etc., classified in this way.Also in extended use.
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1852 C. A. Flahault Let. 27 Jan. in H. W. E. Petty-Fitzmaurice Secret of Coup d'État (1924) iii. 285 I am sending you, open, a letter for the President—it is for your eyes only.
1879 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 8 Feb. 213/1 What is the object of this roster being kept for the eyes of one officer in Whitehall Yard, and for his eyes only?
1882 Hoosier State (Newport, Indiana) 20 Dec. 1/4 A communication from the Versailles government..was delivered by an entire stranger, who whispered these six ominous words: ‘For your eyes only. Be discreet!’
1948 Telegram June (U.S. Air Force: Directorate of Plans & Operations) U.S. National Arch.: Lucius Clay Papers/Box 12 [TOP SEC] Eyes only to COMGENUSAFE Wiesbaden.
1960 I. Fleming (title) For your eyes only.
1968 Mrs. L. B. Johnson Diary 29 Oct. in White House Diary (1970) 729 Lyndon's bed was loaded with the red tag folders that were labeled ‘Eyes Only’, ‘Top Secret’.
1974 ‘J. le Carré’ Tinker, Tailor xvi. 136 It's for his eyes only, at least for a couple more weeks.
1979 Arizona Daily Star 5 Aug. e1/1 An uninterrupted daily diet of the ‘eyes only’ crisis memorandums prepared for presidents, secretaries of state and NATO commanders.
1990 Times 17 Feb. 6/4 A ‘for your eyes only’ report on Mr Gorbachov's reaction to Herr Helmut Kohl.
2008 New Yorker 7 Apr. 37/3 From here to the end of this letter, all information is ‘eyes only’ and must go no farther than these four walls.
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