sub rosa

短语

（拉）秘密地；私下地

发音

UK /ˌsʌb ˈɹəʊzə/
US /ˌsʌb ˈɹoʊzə/

词形变化

more sub rosa 比较级 most sub rosa 最高级

别名

subrosa

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Covert surveillance video used as evidence against applicants for workers' compensation to show they are not in fact (seriously) injured.

    美国 俚语 不可数 法律
adj.
  1. 1.

    Carried out confidentially or secretly.

  2. 2.

    Not formally stated; implicit, tacit, unspoken.

adv.
  1. 1.

    Covertly or in secret; confidentially, privately, secretly.

    They held the meeting sub rosa.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 2

behind-the-scenes under-the-table

近义相关 1

covert

词源

PIE word *upó The adverb and adjective are an unadapted borrowing from Late Latin sub rosā (literally “under the rose”), from Latin sub (“beneath, under”) + rosa (“rose”) (possibly from Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon, “rose”), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *wardah (“flower; rose”) and Proto-Indo-European *Hwerdʰ-, possibly a metathesis of *h₁lewdʰ- (“to grow; to rise”)). The reason for the reference to a rose is uncertain, though it has been suggested that it derives from the Ancient Greek myth that Aphrodite (the goddess of love) gave a rose to her son Eros (the god of love and sex), who in turn gave it to Harpocrates (the god of silence, confidentiality, and secrets) to ensure that Aphrodite’s sexual indiscretions were not revealed. Roses thus became a symbol of secrecy—they were, for example, used at meetings to pledge the participants not to disclose what had been discussed. Compare under the rose which is attested earlier. The noun is derived from the adverb and adjective.

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