Word · CEFR B2 · Frequency #3994
Fully loadedconceal
隐藏；隐瞒；掩盖
to hide something from view or from public knowledge; to keep something secret
- 1.
To hide something from view or from public knowledge, to try to keep something secret.
隐藏某物使其不被看到或不被公众知晓,试图保密。
隐藏某物使其不被看到或不被公众知晓,试图保密。；隐藏；掩盖；隐瞒；[法] 隐瞒；隐匿
In use
She tried to conceal her disappointment with a smile.
The spy concealed the documents in a secret compartment.
He is concealing his true identity behind a false name.
conceal sth
She tried to conceal her disappointment.
她试图掩饰自己的失望。
conceal sth from sb
He concealed the truth from his parents.
他向父母隐瞒了真相。
conceal that ...
The report concealed that the company was losing money.
这份报告隐瞒了公司正在亏损的事实。
Connections
Collocations
- conceal the truth
- 隐瞒真相
- He tried to conceal the truth from everyone.他试图向所有人隐瞒真相。
- conceal from
- 对…隐瞒
- She concealed the problem from her family.她对家人隐瞒了这个问题。
- conceal one's identity
- 隐藏身份
- The spy concealed his identity with a disguise.间谍用伪装隐藏了自己的身份。
- conceal evidence
- 隐匿证据
- The defendant was accused of concealing evidence.被告被指控隐匿证据。
Idioms & figurative uses
- conceal one's light under a bushel
- 不露锋芒Don't conceal your light under a bushel; share your talents with others.不要把你的才华隐藏起来，与大家分享吧。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想‘con’像‘看’，‘ceal’像‘seal’密封，密封起来让人看不到就是隐藏。
Context & Register
词语‘conceal’为正式动词，常用于法律文书、文学描述或新闻报道等书面语境，也可用于日常对话中表达‘隐藏’或‘隐瞒’之意，但相对口语化程度较低。建议学习者根据实际场景选择使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words rhyme with 'conceal' in their stressed syllable (/iːl/). Note that 'seal', 'deal', 'meal', 'steal', and 'heal' share the final '-eal' spelling and sound, while 'reveal' has a slightly different initial consonant but the same ending sound. There are no common lookalikes that sound different.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.