单词 | anonymous |
释义 | anonymous (once / 512 pages) adj If you don't know who wrote a poem, the author is anonymous. If you don't know who donated a gift to a museum, it's called an anonymous gift from an anonymous donor. Anonymous means a person unknown. Alcoholics Anonymous takes its name from the fact that it's a confidential group––people use only their first names and do not identify one another as members of the group. Another related meaning of anonymous is to describe something that does not have any special qualities. If you work in an anonymous office building, its design is pretty typical and not very interesting. WORD FAMILYanonymous: anonymity, anonymously+/anonymity: anonymities USAGE EXAMPLESThe biggest individual prize - of £35.1m - was won in April this year by someone who remains anonymous. BBC(Jan 01, 2017) It was a phone conversation with a lady from Alcoholics Anonymous. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) The Warriors said the shoes Curry wore against the New York Knicks on Dec. 15 were auctioned off to an anonymous bidder for $30,101. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1adj having no known name or identity or known source anonymous authors anonymous donors an anonymous gift Syn|Ant anon. nameless, unidentified, unknown, unnamed being or having an unknown or unnamed source onymous bearing a name binomial, binominalhaving or characterized by two names, especially those of genus and species in taxonomies pseudonymousbearing or identified by an assumed (often pen) name 2adj not known or lacking marked individuality brown anonymous houses anonymous bureaucrats in the Civil Service Syn faceless without a face or identity |
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