单词 | hidden |
释义 | hidden (hɪdən ) 1. B1 Hidden is the past participle of hide. 2. adjective B1+ Hidden facts, feelings, activities, or problems are not easy to notice or discover. Under all the innocent fun, there are hidden dangers, especially for children. The precise details of the origins of life remain hidden. 3. adjective B1+ A hidden place is difficult to find. As you descend, suddenly you see at last the hidden waterfall. Idioms: a hidden agenda a situation in which someone secretly tries to achieve a particular thing while they appear to be doing something else The unions fear these tactics are part of a hidden agenda to reduce pay and conditions throughout the company. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: hidden calories Processed salads available from fastfood chains and supermarkets can be very high in hidden calories. Times, Sunday Times That's usually just loaded with extra fat and hidden calories. Globe and Mail But while many of us are already aware that burger meals are fattening, the hidden calories that lurk in what appears to be 'healthier' takeaway food are causing growing concern. The Sun Retrospective discounts are another hidden charge dictated by the supermarkets. Times, Sunday Times Car-hire comparison websites have been ordered to come clean on hidden charges. Times, Sunday Times Switching sites, which claim that energy companies lack transparency but refuse to disclose their own hidden charges, have been accused of double standards. Times, Sunday Times Low-cost airlines, mobile phone companies and estate agents face being taken to court over the fairness of hidden charges under reforms proposed today. Times, Sunday Times Hidden charges, poor rates or expensive commission means they get fewer euros, dollars or other currency for their sterling. The Sun Their unwitting confessions are broadcast to the police via a hidden microphone and radio transmitter. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They discover in the basement a lamp which could serve as a decoy for a hidden microphone. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Instead, he convinces his superior to let him do a reportage using a hidden microphone to gauge people's reactions on being asked outlandish questions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The scenes featuring the rhinos were filmed using special cameras while hidden microphones captured the rare communication. The Sun All the rooms had been made acoustically efficient with carpets and curtains, and fitted with hidden microphones, which allowed us to record the prisoners' conversations on gramophone records. Times, Sunday Times An admirer turns out to have a scary hidden motive! The Sun I also wonder if there's some hidden motive. The Sun The hidden motive always keeps me reading. Globe and Mail He made them feel uncomfortable in their hidden motives and secret sins. Christianity Today Various individuals have speculated hidden motives and capabilities to the project. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Seek out hidden pockets of isolation and peace, with roe deer and red squirrels in the pinewoods and buzzards coasting in the skies above. Times, Sunday Times Some were as simple as hidden pockets, or a fluffy garter to stop outer material clinging to the leg, outlining it immodestly as well as impeding motion. The Times Literary Supplement This created a haven for wildlife like many of the hidden pockets of wild land in that area. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Another form appears to be an ordinary belt when worn, but contains one or more hidden pockets on the inside, often closed with a zipper. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Hidden pockets were also added to the clothes worn during these secret missions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The self-portrait's hidden secret was revealed after the collector took the painting to his local hospital, on the advice of an art expert. Times, Sunday Times That's the little hidden secret: the quest for more doesn't really have a finish line. Christianity Today There isn't any hidden secret to a long relationship. Times, Sunday Times She then presents a chart with a set of hidden secret ingredients on the top row, and hidden food groups on the left column. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 From these pieces of information the adversary can attempt to recover the hidden secret key used for decryption. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 You may also make interesting discoveries about yourself and a hidden talent linked to writing or telling jokes. The Sun You learn so much more about yourself and a hidden talent surfaces that you should take seriously. The Sun Things you try for the first time could uncover a hidden talent. The Sun I'm sure everyone has a hidden talent so don't be afraid of trying something new. The Sun It also brings a hidden talent to light - as shown in a photograph you take. The Sun She was always on the go, taking them out for walks or looking for hidden treasure on the beach. The Sun This reissue saves a fragile hidden treasure from obscurity. Times, Sunday Times Hidden treasure sitting undisturbed for four centuries, which divers risk their lives to recover. Times, Sunday Times Let me go and tell them about my hidden treasure. Times, Sunday Times They used to be fabulous, exciting, hidden treasure, now they're ordinary. The Sun Maybe he has a secret hidden truth of his own! Times, Sunday Times Both their books are essentially baloney - made-up versions of the past, mixing occasional facts with barefaced invention, apparently passing themselves off as some form of hidden truth. Times, Sunday Times This makes plain the falsity of appearances, and the hidden truth under the veils of the hypocrisy. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His settings sometimes illustrate both the surface meaning, as characters attempt to deceive each other, and the hidden truth. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The eidetic also has latent material below its surface image but its latency continuously progresses toward revealing its hidden truth. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 We began eagerly to anticipate an afternoon of fishing or walking in this lovely hidden valley. Times, Sunday Times Now a beautifully appointed stables lies in the hidden valley. Times, Sunday Times Here, in the hidden valleys and hanging villages, they have a theory. Times, Sunday Times One may continue from the hidden valley, reaching the main ridge by means of a zig-zag path that climbs through scree at the head of the corrie. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Certainly there was a series of sharp ascents and descents, but none was long, the conversation was interesting and there were views of turfy hills and dreamy, hidden valleys. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 隐藏的 Japanese: 隠された |
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