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 in secret
 祕密的,私下的

 Se·cret, n.
 1. Something studiously concealed; a thing kept from general knowledge; what is not revealed, or not to be revealed.
    To tell our own secrets is often folly; to communicate those of others is treachery.   --Rambler.
 2. A thing not discovered; what is unknown or unexplained; a mystery.
    All secrets of the deep, all nature's works.   --Milton.
 3. pl. The parts which modesty and propriety require to be concealed; the genital organs.
 In secret, in a private place; in privacy or secrecy; in a state or place not seen; privately.
    Bread eaten in secret is pleasant.   --Prov. ix. 17.

 in secret
      adv : in secrecy; not openly; "met secretly to discuss the
            invasion plans"; "the children secretly went to the
            movies when they were supposed to be at the library";
            "they arranged to meet in secret" [syn: secretly, on
            the Q.T., on the QT]