Confidential Meaning in English
word
/ˌkɑnfəˈdɛnʃəɫ/
kon-fuh-DEN-shuhl
/kˌɒnfɪdˈɛnʃəl/
kon-fi-DEN-shuhl
释义
If something is confidential, it is private and should not be shared with other people. It is often used for personal information, business documents, and secret conversations.
用法与细微差别
Common collocations include 'confidential information', 'confidential report', and 'strictly confidential'. It is more formal than 'private'. Be careful: 'confident' means sure of yourself, not secret.
Spanish: confidencial - reservadoPortuguese (BR): confidencial - sigilosoPortuguese (PT): confidencial - reservadoChinese (Simplified): 机密的 - 保密的Chinese (Traditional): 機密的 - 保密的Hindi: गोपनीय - राज़दारानाArabic: سري - confidentialBengali: গোপনীয়Russian: конфиденциальныйJapanese: 機密Vietnamese: bí mậtKorean: 기밀Turkish: gizliUrdu: خفیہIndonesian: rahasia
例句
This document is confidential.
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Please keep this information confidential.
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Doctors must keep patient records confidential.
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I can't share the details yet—it's still confidential.
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The email was marked 'confidential,' so I didn't forward it to anyone.
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Off the record, she told me something pretty confidential about the deal.
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