non-disclosure agreement
non-disclosure agreement — 名詞
1. a written legal agreement between two or more people or companies, in which each
保密協議
雙方承諾不洩漏機密資訊的法律合約
a written legal agreement between two or more people or companies, in which each side promises not to share secret or private information with anyone outside the agreement
Before seeing the secret recipe, Sofia signed a non-disclosure agreement with the bakery's owner.
在查看祕方之前，Sofia 與烘焙坊老闆簽署了一份保密協議。
sign a non-disclosure agreement + before revealing confidential information
A formal non-disclosure agreement was signed by all employees who worked on the new phone design.
所有參與新款手機設計的員工都簽署了一份正式的保密協議。
passive: non-disclosure agreement + was signed by [group]
The non-disclosure agreement that Haruto signed prevents him from discussing the project with journalists.
Haruto 簽署的保密協議禁止他與記者討論該專案。
Chidi accidentally violated his non-disclosure agreement by posting a photo of the unreleased software on social media.
Chidi 在社交媒體上發布了未上市軟體的照片，無意間違反了他的保密協議。
The research team is under a strict non-disclosure agreement until the patent application is filed.
研究團隊在專利申請正式提交之前，都受到嚴格的保密協議約束。
- NDA
common abbreviation of non-disclosure agreement, used in everyday business speech and writing
- confidentiality agreement
largely interchangeable with non-disclosure agreement, though 'confidentiality' emphasises the protected status of the information rather than the act of not disclosing it
- secrecy agreement
slightly less formal and less common in legal documents; sometimes used in government or military contexts
- public disclosure
the opposite action — making information known to the public rather than keeping it secret
- press release
a formal public statement that actively shares information, in direct contrast to the purpose of an NDA
文法句型
sign + a non-disclosure agreement
under + a non-disclosure agreement
non-disclosure agreement + verb (prevents / prohibits / requires)
breach / violate + a non-disclosure agreement
covered by + a non-disclosure agreement
用法筆記
Often shortened to NDA (pronounced en-dee-ay) in business and legal contexts. Common phrases include 'sign an NDA' and 'under an NDA.' NDAs are typically used when one party needs to share sensitive information — for example, when showing a new product design to a potential investor or partner.