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美: ['sikrɪt]
英: ['siːkrɪt]
n. 秘密；秘诀；机密
adj. 秘密的；机密的
n. (Secret)人名；(法)塞克雷
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字面意思：
“Secret”指的是某些信息或知识不为公众所知或不应被公开的状态或内容。
定义：something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
词性：
名词（noun）、形容词（adjective）。
词源分析：
“Secret”源于拉丁语“secretus”，意为“分开、隔离”，其词根为“se-”（分开）和“cretus”（被创造、被生）。这个词根在多个相关词中都有出现，例如“create”（创造）。
历史背景：
该词最早在12世纪被记录使用，意指“隐藏的事物”。在文学作品中，许多故事围绕秘密展开，如莎士比亚的戏剧中常常涉及秘密和阴谋。
课本：
“Secret”这个词常见于初中和高中英语教材，如**的《新概念英语》和《人教版英语》，以及牛津和美国的教材，如《Oxford Discover》和《American English File》。
正式与非正式语境：
特殊场合：
She whispered a secret to her friend.
她对朋友低声说了个秘密。
The secret to success is hard work.
成功的秘密在于努力工作。
They promised to keep our conversation a secret.
他们承诺要保守我们谈话的秘密。
The company’s trade secrets are well-guarded.
该公司的商业秘密受到严密保护。
He has a secret admirer.
他有一个秘密的仰慕者。
*. The book reveals many secrets of the ancient world.
这本书揭示了许多古代世界的秘密。
同义词：
反义词：
音标记忆法：
通过音标/ˈsiː.krɪt/来记忆，可以分解为“see”和“cret”（创造），联想为“看到创造的东西是秘密”。
词根记忆法：
记住“se-”和“cretus”的含义，理解“secret”是“分开被创造的东西”，强调其隐藏性质。
以上内容提供了关于“secret”一词的全面学*和分析，帮助更好地理解和应用该单词。
[ADJ] If something is secret, it is known about by only a small number of people, and is not told or shown to anyone else. 秘密的; 保密的
例：Soldiers have been training at a secret location.士兵们一直在一个秘密的地方训练。
[ADV] secretly 秘密地
例：He wore a hidden microphone to secretly tape-record conversations.他戴了一个窃听器秘密录下了谈话。
[N-COUNT] A secret is a fact that is known by only a small number of people, and is not told to anyone else. 秘密
例：I think he enjoyed keeping our love a secret.我想他喜欢对我们的恋情保密。
[N-SING] If you say that a particular way of doing things is the secret of achieving something, you mean that it is the best or only way to achieve it. 秘诀
例：The secret of success is honesty and fair dealing.成功的秘诀是诚实和公平交易。
[N-COUNT] Something's secrets are the things about it which have never been fully explained. 奥秘
例：We have an opportunity now to really unlock the secrets of the universe.我们现在有机会真正揭开宇宙的奥秘。
[PHRASE] If you do something in secret, you do it without anyone else knowing. 秘密地
例：Dan found out that I had been meeting my ex-boyfriend in secret.丹发现了我一直和前男友秘密见面。
[PHRASE] If you say that someone can keep a secret, you mean that they can be trusted not to tell other people a secret that you have told them. 保守秘密
例：Tom was utterly indiscreet, and could never keep a secret.汤姆言行完全不慎重，从来守不住秘密。
[PHRASE] If you make no secret of something, you tell others about it openly and clearly. 不保密
例：His wife made no secret of her hatred for the formal occasions.他的妻子不隐瞒她对正式场合的厌恶。