| 单词 | confidential |
| 释义 | confidential (once / 487 pages) 1adj 2adj If you get a letter stamped confidential, that means you're not supposed to tell anyone else what it says. It's private and you're not supposed to blab about it. Confidential suggests that you're being let in on a secret — as in Kitchen Confidential, the title of a book by Anthony Bourdain, a famous chef, in which he tells unappetizing stories about the restaurant industry. If you confide in someone, you are trusting him or her with confidential or secret information. Choose your confidants wisely! WORD FAMILYconfidential: confidentiality, confidentially+/confidence: confidences, confidential, self-confidence/confident: confidence, confidenter, confidently, overconfident, self-confident/overconfident: overconfidence, overconfidently USAGE EXAMPLESMost of its dealings are confidential and meetings secret. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) Years of confidential German diplomatic cables provide a candid account of Luxembourg’s obstructive manoeuvres inside one of Brussels’ most secretive committees. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) They declined to comment in detail because personnel matters are confidential. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1 1adj (of information) given in confidence or in secret this arrangement must be kept confidential Syn secret private confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy 2adj entrusted with private information and the confidence of another a confidential secretary Syn private confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy 3adj denoting confidence or intimacy 2a confidential approach in confidential tone of voice Syn close close in relevance or relationship adj the level of official classification for documents next above restricted and below secret; available only to persons authorized to see documents so classified Syn classified official classification of information or documents; withheld from general circulation |
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