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maintain secrecy
常用动词搭配，后接about引出保密内容。
The government maintained secrecy about the negotiations.
政府对谈判内容保密。
保密；隐秘；秘密状态
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保密；隐秘；秘密状态
The state of being secret or hidden; concealment.
The government maintained secrecy about the negotiations.
政府对谈判内容保密。
指事物处于隐藏或不被知晓的状态。
隐藏；保密或隐蔽的状态。
Concealment; the condition of being secret or hidden.
保密的特性
the trait of keeping things secret
保守秘密的习惯。
The habit of keeping secrets.
被隐藏或隐蔽的状态
the condition of being concealed or hidden
The government insisted on complete secrecy regarding the negotiations.
政府坚持对谈判内容完全保密。
She valued secrecy in her personal life, rarely sharing details with colleagues.
她很重视个人生活的保密性，很少与同事分享细节。
The project's secrecy was maintained by limiting access to only a few people.
项目保密性是通过限制只有少数人能访问来维持的。
常用动词搭配，后接about引出保密内容。
The government maintained secrecy about the negotiations.
政府对谈判内容保密。
介词短语，表示以保密的方式。
The operation was conducted in secrecy.
行动是秘密进行的。
固定搭配，表示被要求保密。
All witnesses were sworn to secrecy.
所有证人都被要求保密。
名词后接about，表示关于某事的保密。
There is too much secrecy about the company's finances.
公司财务状况过于保密。
Not this
The secret of the operation must be maintained.
Use this
The secrecy of the operation must be maintained.
混淆名词 'secret'（秘密）和 'secrecy'（保密状态）。'secrecy' 指保密的状态或性质，而非具体的秘密内容。
Not this
We need to keep several secrecies.
Use this
We need to maintain secrecy.
错误地将不可数名词 'secrecy' 当作可数名词使用。'secrecy' 通常不可数，不应加复数或使用不定冠词。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
严格保密
The negotiations were conducted in strict secrecy.
谈判是在严格保密的情况下进行的。
保持秘密
The government maintained secrecy about the project.
政府对该项目保持秘密。
保密面纱
The organization operated behind a veil of secrecy.
该组织在保密面纱后运作。
围绕...的秘密
There is a lot of secrecy surrounding the new product.
围绕新产品有很多秘密。
保密承诺
He gave her a promise of secrecy.
他向她做出了保密承诺。
秘密地
The details were discussed in secrecy.
细节被秘密讨论。
让某人发誓保密
They swore all the employees to secrecy about the new product.
他们让所有员工对新产品发誓保密。
秘密地
The meeting was held in secrecy to avoid media attention.
会议秘密举行，以避免媒体关注。
极其秘密地
The operation was planned with the utmost secrecy.
行动是在极其秘密的情况下策划的。
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secret（秘密）加后缀-cy表状态，就像private变privacy，牢记这个对应关系。
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These words share the spelling ending '-cy' but do not rhyme with 'secrecy' (/ˈsiːkrəsi/) because their stressed vowels differ. For example, 'privacy' has /aɪ/ while 'secrecy' has /iː/.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.