adj (1)秘(机，保)密的(hidden from or not told to other people)[A (from)]：a～talk/meeting /negotiation /agreement /plan/marriage/place秘密谈话/会议/谈判/协议/计划/结婚/地点;be elected by～ballot通过秘密投票当选;enter through a～door由暗门进入;escape through a～passage 由暗道逃走;keep one's illness/the party/these proposals～from sb 不让某人知道自己的疾病/这次聚会/这些提议;The patient's medicine is based on a～formula.病人用的药是按秘方配制的。This is top～information.这是绝密信息。〖同〗unrevealed，undisclosed，concealed;〖反〗public，revealed，disclosed;

(2)不公开的(not said，declared，admitted openly)[作attrib]：become a～drinker/smoker开始暗地饮酒/偷偷吸烟;a～agent/society/weapon/partner特工人员/秘密社团/秘密武器/秘密合伙人;the～police/service秘密警察/情报工作;a～trial/bride/enemy秘密进行的审判/秘密结婚的新娘/暗藏的敌人;one's～love for sb对某人的暗恋;a～admirer of the singer/fun of Beijing opera暗地崇拜那歌手的人/暗自喜欢京剧的戏迷;regard sb with～dislike and suspicion暗中不喜欢并怀疑某人;

(3)偏僻的，幽静的(of a place sheltered，or withdrawn;remote)[作attrib]：a～path/valley/harbour /hide-away /mountain village人迹罕至的小径/幽谷/僻静的港口/幽静的疗养地/偏僻的山村;be taken to a～location to be united被带到偏僻的地方去聚会;〖同〗 hidden，unknown，〖反〗 well-known，ordinary;

(4)保密(守口如瓶)的(be careful in keeping secrets，secretive)[尤作pred][N(about)](fml)：be～about one's own affairs/the money one has got 对自己的私事/得到的钱守口如瓶;be a very private， almost～person是一个非常不爱多说几乎守口如瓶的人;

n(1)秘(机)密(sth that is or must be kept secret or known only to oneself or to a few)[C]：a big～一大秘密;an open～公开的秘密;leak/have/keep/remain a～泄漏/知道/保守/依然是秘密;tell sb/let sb into the～s告诉某人/让某人知道秘密;sell～s to the enemy向敌人出卖秘密;make no～the fact that one wants a job对自己要找工作一事不加隐瞒;I was let in on the～from the beginning.我从一开始就知道这个秘密。〖同〗confidence;

(2)秘诀，诀窍(method，plan，formula of doing or achieving sth known only to the few)[C]：the～of great success/good health/oral practice/making friends极大成功/保持健康/口语练习/结交朋友的秘诀;What's the～for keeping so young/for this wonderful case? 一直这么年轻/蛋糕真好吃，秘诀是什么?〖同〗key，formula;

(3)奥秘(sth not properly understood or explained;mystery)[C]：the～s of nature/Stonehenge/the homing pigeon's instinct大自然的奥秘/巨石阵(英南部巨石建筑遗址)的奥秘/家鸽本能的奥秘;reveal the～of DNA揭示脱氧核糖核酸的奥秘;unlock the～of how life on earth began 解开生命起源的奥秘;〖同〗 mystery，puzzle;

in secret 秘密地，暗地里：think/meet/do sth/marry sb in～私下认为/偷偷会面/暗地做事/秘密结婚;

in the secret参与秘密(旧用法)：He is in the～so far as I know.就我所知他知道内情。

→′secretive adj守口如瓶的，不坦率的;′secretively adv 守口如瓶，遮遮掩掩地;′secretiveness n掩盖，保密;′secretly adv 秘密(暗中)地;′secrecy n保密;se′crete v隐藏;分泌;′secretary n;秘书，书记，干事;大臣，部长