Word
declassified
解密；解除机密
declassified is the past of declassify.
to officially remove the secret status from a document or information so that it can be made available again
- 1.
to remove the classification from; to lift the restrictions on
解除对......的保密限制；撤销对......的限制
解除对......的保密限制；撤销对......的限制；(文件)解密；从机密表删除
In use
The government decided to declassify the old military reports.
After fifty years, the agency declassified the entire file for public review.
They are declassifying the documents so historians can study them.
declassify sth
宾语通常是文件、报告等机密资料。
The government decided to declassify the files.
政府决定解密这些文件。
be declassified
被动语态在正式语境中很常见。
The records were declassified after thirty years.
这些记录在三十年后被解密。
Verb forms
base declassify · third person declassifies · -ing declassifying · past declassified · past participle declassified
declassify 的主语通常是政府或机构，宾语为文件、信息等；常用于被动语态 be declassified。
Common mistakes
The classified report declassified after twenty years.The classified report was declassified after twenty years.
declassify 是及物动词，必须带宾语或使用被动语态；不能说文档主动“解密”，应改为被动语态 was declassified。
The agency decrypted the top-secret files and let historians see them.The agency declassified the top-secret files and let historians see them.
decrypt 指把加密数据解码，而 declassify 指解除保密级别；这里的意图是解除保密，所以应用 declassified。
The committee declassificated the records after the review.The committee declassified the records after the review.
declassify 是规则动词，过去式为 declassified，不要受 classification 影响而造出 declassificated。
Connections
Collocations
- declassify documents
- 解密文件
- After fifty years, the government finally agreed to declassify the documents.五十年后，政府终于同意将这些文件解密。
- declassify records
- 解密档案
- The historian asked the ministry to declassify the records of the trial.历史学家要求该部解密审判记录。
- declassify information
- 解除信息的机密状态
- They decided to declassify information about the early space program.他们决定解除早期太空计划信息的机密状态。
- declassify intelligence
- 解除情报的机密限制
- The president has the authority to declassify intelligence when it serves the public interest.总统有权在符合公共利益时解除情报的机密限制。
- declassify the report
- 将报告解密
- Congress pressed the agency to declassify the report before the hearing.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
拆开记：de（去掉）+ classify（分类/标密）＝解除机密分类。想象文件盖上“DECLASSIFIED”章，向公众公开。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：government archives、intelligence reports、official announcements 该词通常用于正式场合，指政府或官方解除文件的保密级别，多见于官方声明和新闻报道；日常口语中很少使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All six words share the final sound /ɪfaɪ/ and rhyme with declassify. The spelling '-ify' is consistently pronounced /ɪfaɪ/. Watch out for lookalikes such as 'defy' (/dɪˈfaɪ/) and 'deny' (/dɪˈnaɪ/), which end in /aɪ/ but lack the /ɪf/ syllable.
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.