be coded in sth
表示“用某种密码或编码方式写成”，常用被动结构。
The message was coded in a simple cipher.
这条信息是用一种简单的密码编码的。
编码的；用密码写的
暗含…特征的；带有…暗示的；以一种暗示或类似于具有特定特质或灵感的方式描绘,但并未官方明确声明具有该特质。；编码的；电码的；译成电码的
written or expressed in code or a secret system of symbols
编码的；用密码写的。
Encoded; written in code or cipher.
以一种暗示或类似于具有特定特质或灵感的方式描绘,但并未官方明确声明具有该特质。
Portrayed in a way that suggests or resembles having a specific trait or inspiration, without being officially explicitly stated as having that trait.
The spy sent a coded message to his headquarters.
间谍向总部发送了一条编码信息。
用法提示：形容词，修饰名词message，表示信息经过编码。
Only those who know the key can read the coded document.
只有知道密钥的人才能阅读这份编码文件。
用法提示：形容词，修饰名词document，表示文件内容被译成电码。
The instructions were written in coded language that only insiders understood.
这些指示是用只有内部人员能理解的编码语言写成的。
用法提示：形容词，修饰名词language，表示语言经过特殊编码。
表示“用某种密码或编码方式写成”，常用被动结构。
The message was coded in a simple cipher.
这条信息是用一种简单的密码编码的。
作定语修饰名词，表示经过编码或带有暗含信息。
She sent a coded message to her contact.
她给联络人发了一条密码信息。
常用于影视或文学分析，表示被暗示具有某种特征，但未明确说明。
The character is coded as gay, though the show never says so.
这个角色被暗示为同性恋，尽管剧中从未明说。
grammar · medium
易错句子The email was code, so nobody could read it.
正确表达The email was coded, so nobody could read it.
be 动词后需要形容词作表语，表示“已加密的”状态应当用形容词 coded；code 是名词，不能直接放在 be 后作表语。
grammar · medium
易错句子The message was written in coded.
正确表达The message was written in code.
介词 in 后表示“用密码”时要接名词 code 作介词宾语；coded 是形容词，不能充当介词宾语。
grammar · medium
易错句子She sent me a code message.
正确表达She sent me a coded message.
修饰名词 message、表示“经过编码的”要用形容词 coded 作定语；英语中名词 code 不能直接这样修饰另一个名词来表达该意思。
encoded 特指把信息转换成某种编码格式，多用于技术语境；coded 含义更广，既可指用密码或符号写成，也可指含蓄地暗示某种特质。
encrypted 强调为保密而加密、通常需要密钥才能还原；coded 只是说用密码或符号写成，不一定涉及解密过程。
cryptic 指话语或文字本身晦涩难懂、令人费解；coded 指用密码写成，或风格上暗示某种未被明说的特质。
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