单词 | secrecy |
释义 | secrecyWord family (noun) secrecy secret secretiveness (adjective) secret secretive (verb) secrete (adverb) secretly secretively From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsecrecyse‧cre‧cy /ˈsiːkrəsi/ ●○○ noun [uncountable]1 SECRETthe process of keeping something secret, or when something is kept a secret → secretabsolute secrecy about the project. I must stress the need for shrouded in secrecy. His work was veil of secrecy that covered the talks the 2 → swear somebody to secrecyExamples from the Corpussecrecy• 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.• 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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