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Anonymity is the state of other people not knowing who you are — your name, your face, or the trail that would point to you.
Anonymity isanonymity指的是 the state of other people not knowing who you are別人不知道你是誰的狀態 — your name, your face, or the trail that would point to you——包括你的名字、你的長相，或能追查到你的線索。
On the internet, people talk about online anonymity: writing or browsing without a real name attached. In research, anonymity means a scientist cannot tie an answer back to one person.
On the internet在網路上， people talk about online anonymity大家會說online anonymity（線上匿名）: writing or browsing without a real name attached也就是不掛真名寫東西或瀏覽； In research在研究裡， anonymity meansanonymity指的是 a scientist cannot tie an answer back to one person研究者沒辦法把一個答案追查回某一個人。
It is a slightly formal noun. The everyday way is no one knows who it was, or they did not give their name. People also stretch it in a gentler sense: a huge city can give you the anonymity of the crowd — not a fake name, just the feeling that nobody is looking at you.
It is這 a slightly formal noun是稍微正式一點的名詞。 The everyday way is口語一點的說法是 no one knows who it was沒人知道是誰， or they did not give their name或是他們沒有留名字。 People also stretch it in a gentler sense大家也會用比較柔和的方式延伸這個字： a huge city can give you the anonymity of the crowd大城市可以給你「人群裡的匿名感」 — not a fake name, just the feeling that nobody is looking at you——不是假名字，只是一種沒人在看你的感覺。
Though actually, anonymity is not the same as privacy. Privacy is “this is mine, please do not look.” Anonymity is “you may look, but you still will not know it is me.”
Though actually不過其實， anonymity is not the same as privacyanonymity跟privacy不一樣。 Privacy isprivacy是 "this is mine, please do not look."「這是我的，請不要看」； Anonymity isanonymity是 "you may look, but you still will not know it is me."「你可以看，但你還是不會知道是我」。
組成From Latin anonymus or Greek anṓnymos, “anonymous” (an- “not” + ónyma “name”) + -ity (the state of being that way).
同家族的字
- anonymousthe adjective: with no name attached
- anonymizeto take the names off so this state is true
- anonymouslythe adverb: in a nameless way
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
anonymitynoun/ænəˈnɪmɪti/
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The quality or state of being anonymous (nameless or unidentified).
- She's garbed her philanthropic activities in anonymity.
- Now there are twenty-nine skaters on Wollman Rink Circling in singles and in pairs In this vigorous anonymity
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That which is anonymous.
- In one sense the protagonist is the poet himself, but in another sense he is an anonymity.
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The quality or state of being generally unknown, unrecognized, or uncelebrated.
- The profiteer who through a combine fleeces the public would scorn to wrong a friend or betray those of his own household. The problem then resolves itself into a question of the elimination of the impersonality, the anonymity of modern life that is made an excuse for moral irresponsibility.
- Actually, pin-striped anonymity in the city once seemed a more likely destination. He was a nervous, awkward teenager, six-foot by the age of 12, six-five fully grown, always trying to appear nicer and more orthodox than he felt he really was.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。