confidential

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a. 机密的, 获他人信赖的, 易于信任他人的 [经] 秘密件

发音

UK /ˌkɒn.fɪˈdɛn.ʃəl/
UK /ˌkɒn.fɪˈden.ʃəl/
US /ˌkɔn.fɪˈdɛn.ʃəl/
US /ˌkɑn.fɪˈdɛn.ʃəl/
CA /ˌkɒn.fɪˈdɛn.ʃəl/
CA /ˌkɑn.fɪˈdɛn.ʃəl/
AU /ˌkɔn.fɪˈden.ʃəl/
NZ /ˌkɒn.fəˈden.ʃəl/
SCOT /ˌkɔn.fɪˈdɛn.ʃəl/
SCOT /ˌkɔn.fɪˈdɛn.ʃʌl/
IN /ˌkɔn.fɪˈɖɛ(ː)n.ʃi̯al/

词形变化

more confidential 比较级 most confidential 最高级

教材释义与例句

形容词

机密的；表示信任的；获信任的

spoken or written in secret and intended to be kept secret

a confidential government report

一份机密的政府报告

Doctors are required to keep patients' records completely confidential .

医生必须对病人的病历完全保密。

The information will be regarded as strictly confidential (= completely confidential ) .

这一信息将被视为绝对机密。

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Kept, or meant to be kept, secret within a certain circle of persons; not intended to be known publicly.

    机密

    机要

    The newspaper claims a leaked confidential report by the government admits to problems with corrupt MPs.

  2. 2.

    Inclined to share confidences; (of things) making people inclined to share confidences; involving the sharing of confidences.

    过时

    Sitting in front of the fire, they became quite confidential, and began to gossip.

  3. 3.

    Having someone's confidence or trust; having a position requiring trust; worthy of being trusted with confidences.

    过时

    a confidential agent

    a confidential servant

    a confidential whisper

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 1

secret

近义相关 3

close private classified

相关短语

confidential informant confidential informants

词源

From Latin cōnfīdentia + English -al. Possibly a calque of French confidentiel. First attested in 1641.

来源：wiktionary