祕密地告訴你：secret的用法和辨析

But nothing beats two cheeseburgers with secret sauce.

——Kingsman: The Secret Service

但是沒有什麼比來倆芝士漢堡再搭配點祕製醬料更讚的了。

——《王牌特工》

一、關於secret，你應該知道的用法有

adj.

1.祕密的，機密的 known about by only a few people

They had had one secret meeting, with elaborate precautions.

他們已祕密地接過頭，事先曾採取了周密的防範措施。

2.私下的，暗地裏的 to describe actions and behaviour that you do not tell other people about

They had a secret pride in the hope of engrafting so rare a scion on the stock of their own nation.

他們在心中暗自慶幸能有這位絕代佳人爲自己的部族傳宗接代。

3.隱蔽的，暗藏的 hidden from being seen

Behind a bookcase which revolves outwards, lies the secret door to the annexe or hidden rooms.

在可向外旋轉的書櫥後面有扇門，祕密通向在附屬建築中的隱蔽房間。

4.神祕的，奧祕的 liking to have secrets that other people do not know about

A secret doctrine resembling these teachings.

祕密教義或神祕藝術類似於這些教義的一種神祕的學說。

5.偏僻的；人跡罕至的 remote from human frequentation or notice

It's a remote, secluded, or secret place.

那是一個偏僻的、遙遠的或祕密的地方。

n.

1.祕密，機密；內情 [C] something kept hidden or unexplained

She surprised the secret of his murderous past through a stolen letter.

她從偷來的一封信中意外地發現了他從前殺過人的祕密。

2.神祕，奧祕 [C] a prayer traditionally said inaudibly by the celebrant just before the preface of the mass

Some rare people can feel beneath, can sense a change or hear a secret signal.

少數罕見的人能夠洞察隱祕，能感到變化和聽到神祕的信息。

3.祕訣，訣竅；祕方(+of) [C] a method, formula, or process used in an art or operation and divulged only to those of one's own company or craft

The secret of winning in rugby is teamwork.

打贏橄欖球的祕訣在於團隊合作。

二、含有secret的常見短語

in secret

adv.祕密地

open secret

公開的祕密,人人皆知的祕密

secret agent

n.特工人員,特務

三、接下來，做個填詞遊戲吧

We drew out the ______ from him.

我們使他說出了這個祕密。