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Secrecy is the state of keeping something hidden or unknown to others — the quality of being secret. "The plan was made in complete secrecy" means nobody outside a small group knew about it. It's often used about serious or official situations, like government secrecy — for everyday small secrets, people are more likely to just say "it's a secret" than use the word "secrecy."
保密、隱密性
組成secret + -cy — the ending "-cy" turns an adjective or idea into a noun about its state, like "accurate → accuracy."
同家族的字
- secretthe base word — secrecy is the state of keeping something secret
原始詞典資料2 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。
secrecynoun/ˈsiːkɹəsi/
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Concealment; the condition of being secret or hidden.
- I was sworn to secrecy.
- Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers,[…]. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.
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The habit of keeping secrets.
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。