declassified
declassified — 形容詞
1. Describes official documents, intelligence reports, or other materials that were
解密的
不再列為機密的
Describes official documents, intelligence reports, or other materials that were once kept secret for security reasons but have now been officially made available to the public.
Declassified papers from the 1970s showed what the government knew about the nuclear accident.
1970年代的解密文件揭露了政府對這場核事故的了解。
often before a noun: declassified documents / files / records
Journalists spent months reading through declassified intelligence reports about the Cold War.
記者們花了幾個月的時間閱讀關於冷戰的解密情報報告。
A stack of declassified military records sat on the historian's desk for review.
一疊解密的軍事記錄放在歷史學家的桌上等待審閱。
The museum displayed declassified maps that had once been used by the spy agency.
博物館展示了曾經被間諜機構使用過的解密地圖。
Under the new law, all declassified material must be published online within five years.
根據新法規，所有解密資料必須在五年內於網路公開。
- unclassified
Broader term — can mean never classified in the first place, not just formerly secret.
- released
Focuses on the act of making available rather than the removal of secrecy status.
- public
General term — lacks the official, security-specific procedure implied by 'declassified'.
- classified
Still officially secret and restricted from public access.
- top secret
The highest level of security classification, opposite of declassified.
文法句型
declassified + noun
用法筆記
Typically used before a noun. The declassification process is governed by a specific set of national security rules that vary by country.
常見錯誤
declassified — 動詞
1. To officially remove the security or confidentiality status from official docume
解密
移除官方機密等級
To officially remove the security or confidentiality status from official documents, information, or materials so that they are no longer secret and can be accessed by the public.
The National Archives declassified hundreds of Cold War documents last spring after a routine review.
國家檔案館去年春天經過例行審查後，解密了數百份冷戰時期的文件。
declassify + noun phrase (direct object)
Congress urged the committee to declassify the report so that citizens could read the findings.
國會敦促該委員會解密那份報告，以便民眾能夠閱讀調查結果。
The file was declassified in 2018, allowing journalists to examine it for the first time.
這份檔案在2018年被解密，記者因此得以首次查閱。
Omar requested that the agency declassify the photographs to support the ongoing investigation.
Omar 要求該機構解密那些照片，以協助正在進行的調查。
The government refuses to declassify the records, arguing that national security is still at risk.
政府拒絕解密那些記錄，理由是國安風險仍然存在。
- release
Less specific — can refer to making any information public, not necessarily formerly secret material.
- disclose
Often implies revealing something that someone tried to keep hidden rather than a formal process.
- publish
Broader meaning — making something available in print or online, not tied to security classification.
- classify
To designate documents or information as secret and restrict access to them.
文法句型
declassify + noun phrase
be declassified (passive)
用法筆記
Frequently used in the passive voice (be declassified) because the focus is usually on the documents themselves rather than on who declassified them. The subject of the active verb is almost always an official body — a government agency, a committee, or a legal authority.