confidentially 私下；秘密 — 中文意思、英文定義、例句

1.副詞B2

釋義

私下；秘密

在信任對方會保密的前提下說或分享

if you tell or share something confidentially, you do it knowing the listener will keep it secret and not pass it on to other people.

例句

Dario spoke confidentially to his lawyer about the missing money before the meeting.

Dario 在會議前私下地向他的律師談起那筆遺失的款項。

confidentially + to someone, common with verbs of telling

The doctor confidentially told Yara that her test results would arrive next week.

醫師私下地告訴 Yara，她的檢驗報告下週才會出來。

adverb modifying a reporting verb

同義詞

privately
broader — covers any private setting, not only secrets
in confidence
common fixed phrase; same meaning, often follows the verb 'tell' or 'speak'
secretly
stronger; suggests active hiding rather than trusted disclosure

反義詞

publicly
opposite — openly, where anyone may hear
openly
without hiding the information

文法句型

speaking confidentially

confidentially to someone

用法筆記

Typically modifies verbs of telling or sharing (say, tell, speak, share, report). Often signals that the speaker expects the listener not to repeat the information.

常見錯誤

❌She acted confidentially during the meeting.

✅She spoke confidentially during the meeting.

💡'confidentially' describes how something is said or shared, not general behaviour.

confidentially

confidentially — 副詞

1. if you tell or share something confidentially, you do it knowing the listener wi

文法句型

用法筆記

常見錯誤