confidential

英 [ˌkɒnfɪˈdenʃl]

美 [ˌkɑːnfɪˈdenʃl]

adj.  机密的; 保密的; 秘密的; 隐密的; 受信任的; 委以机密的

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Collins.2 / BNC.5254 / COCA.7010

牛津词典

adj.

• 机密的；保密的；秘密的
  meant to be kept secret and not told to or shared with other people
  1. confidential information/documents
     机密情报 / 文件
  2. Your medical records are strictly confidential (= completely secret) .
     你的病历是绝对保密的。
• 隐密的；秘密的
  showing that what you are saying is private or secret
  1. He spoke in a confidential tone, his voice low.
     他低声用隐密的语气说话。
• 受信任的；委以机密的
  trusted with private or secret information
  1. a confidential secretary
     机要秘书

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 秘密的;机密的
  Information that isconfidentialis meant to be kept secret or private.
  1. She accused them of leaking confidential information about her private life...
     她指责他们泄露其私生活的秘密。
  2. We'll take good care and keep what you've told us strictly confidential, Mr. Lane.
     莱恩先生，我们会非常小心，对您告诉我们的事严格保密。
• ADJ-GRADED 悄悄的;隐秘的
  If you talk to someone in aconfidentialway, you talk to them quietly because what you are saying is secret or private.
  1. 'Look,' he said in a confidential tone, 'I want you to know that me and Joey are cops.'...
     “听着，”他悄声说，“我想让你知道我和乔伊是警察。”
  2. His face suddenly turned solemn, his voice confidential.
     他脸上的神情突然严肃起来，声音也压低了。

英英释义

adj

• the level of official classification for documents next above restricted and below secret
• denoting confidence or intimacy
  1. a confidential approach
  2. in confidential tone of voice
• (of information) given in confidence or in secret
  1. this arrangement must be kept confidential
  2. their secret communications
  Synonym:secret
• entrusted with private information and the confidence of another
  1. a confidential secretary

双语例句

• Anyone with information should contact the Anti-Terrorist Squad on the confidential freephone hotline.
  知情者应通过保密的免费电话热线和反恐小组联系。
• Keep the privacy and confidential of the information which have been consigned to us.
  保护委托给我的信息的隐私性和机密性。
• He refused to allow his secretary to handle confidential letters.
  他不让秘书处理机密文件。
• I have no confidential secretary.
  我还没有机要秘书。
• The information is confidential, so it needs to be encrypted.
  此信息是保密的，因此需要对其进行加密。
• We tried our best to head Henry off the topic, because we knew he'd reveal confidential information.
  我们竭力把亨利从那个话题上扯开，因为我们知道那样谈下去他会泄露机密。
• 'Look,' he said in a confidential tone, 'I want you to know that me and Joey are cops.'
  “听着，”他悄声说，“我想让你知道我和乔伊是警察。”
• National security is the stock excuse for keeping things confidential.
  国家安全常被用作对一些事情保密的挡箭牌。
• He was dismissed from his job for gross misconduct after handing over confidential documents to the press
  在把机密文件交给新闻界之后，他就因严重渎职而被解职了。
• The two parties encode confidential data in a form that is not directly readable by the other party
  双方将机密资料加密，这样对方就无法直接读取资料。