secret是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为a. 秘密的， 机密的n. 秘密，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在费奥多尔·陀思妥耶夫斯基的《罪与罚》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Has she a secret conscience-prick at sacrificing her daughter to her son?
-- 332 Crime and Punishment 'Pyotr Petrovitch makes no secret of the fact that he had a cheap education, he is proud indeed of having made his own way,' Avdotya Romanovna observed, somewhat of-fended by her brother's tone.
-- 'I only repeat what I was told in secret by Marfa Petrovna.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《大卫科波菲尔》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I remarked that,once or twice, when Mr. Quinion was talking, he looked at Mr.Murdstone sideways, as if to make sure of his not being displeased;and that once when Mr. Passnidge (the other gentleman) was inhigh spirits, he trod upon his foot and gave him a secret cautionwith his eyes, to observe Mr. Murdstone, who was sitting stern andsilent.
-- No words can express the secret agony of my soul as I sunk intothis companionship; compared these henceforth every-dayassociates with those of my happier childhood- not to say withSteerforth, Traddles, and the rest of those boys; and felt my hopesof growing up to be a learned and distinguished man crushed inmy bosom.
-- Jugs of water, and watering-pots, were kept in secret places readyto be discharged on the offending boys; sticks were laid in ambushbehind the door; sallies were made at all hours; and incessant war 188prevailed.
-- His satisfaction in which happy imposition on us, 291and in having preserved the impenetrable secret of the box,appeared to be a sufficient compensation to him for all his tortures.
-- As her figure disappeared into thegloom of the entry, this counsel certainly presented itself to mymind in the light of a slight liberty on Mrs. Crupp's part; but, at thesame time, I was content to receive it, in another point of view, as aword to the wise, and a warning in future to keep my secret better.
在简·奥斯汀的《爱玛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- She did not wish to speak of the pi-anoforte, she felt too much in the secret herself, to think the appearance of curiosity or interest fair, and therefore purposely kept at a distance; but by the others, the subject was almost immediately introduced, and she saw the blush of consciousness with which congratulations were received, 266 Emmathe blush of guilt which accompanied the name of 'my ex-cellent friend Colonel Campbell.'
-- Emma wished he would be less pointed, yet could not help being amused; and when on glancing her eye towards Jane Fairfax she caught the remains of a smile, when she saw that with all the deep blush of consciousness, there had been a smile of secret delight, she had less scruple in the amusement, and much less compunction with respect to her. This amiable, upright, perfect Jane Fairfax was appar-ently cherishing very reprehensible feelings.
-- Now, as her objection was noth-ing but her very great dislike of Mrs. Elton, of which Mr. Weston must already be perfectly aware, it was not worth bringing forward again: it could not be done without a re-proof to him, which would be giving pain to his wife; and she found herself therefore obliged to consent to an arrange-ment which she would have done a great deal to avoid; an arrangement which would probably expose her even to the degradation of being said to be of Mrs. Elton's party!Every feeling was offended; and the forbearance of her outward submission left a heavy arrear due of secret severity in her reflections on the unmanageable goodwill of Mr. Weston's temper.
-- There has been a solemn engagement between them ever since October formed at Weymouth, and kept a secret from every body.
-- What has it been but a system of hypocrisy and deceit, espionage, and treachery? To come among us with professions of openness and simplicity; and such a league in secret to judge us all! Here have we been, the whole winter and spring, completely duped, fancying ourselves all on an equal footing of truth and honour, with two people in the midst of us who may have been carrying round, comparing and sitting in judgment on sentiments and words that were never meant for both to hear. They must take the conse-quence, if they have heard each other spoken of in a way not perfectly agreeable!'
在托马斯·哈代的《远离尘嚣》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Oak belonged to the even-tempered order of humanity, and felt the secret fusion of himself in Bathsheba to be burning with a finer flame now that she was gone that was all.
-- I should be much obliged to you if you would keep the contents of this letter a secret for the present, dear friend.
-- His mother was a French governess, and it seems that a secret attachment existed between her and the late Lord Severn.
-- Troy paused in secret amazement at Boldwood's wild infatuation.
-- In those earlier days she had always nourished a secret contempt for girls who were the slaves of the first good-looking young fellow who should choose to salute them.
在巴尔扎克的《高老头》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- You will read the story of Father Goriot's secret woes, and, dining thereafter with an unspoiled appetite, will lay the blame of your insensibility upon the writer, and accuse him of exaggeration, of writing romances.
-- Taillefer felt attracted, perhaps unconsciously, by the strength of the one man, and the good looks of the other; her stolen glances and secret thoughts were divided between them; but neither of them seemed to take any notice of her, although some day a chance might alter her position, and she would be a wealthy heiress.
-- Perhaps there are people who know that they have nothing more to look for from those with whom they live; they have shown the emptiness of their hearts to their housemates, and in their secret selves they are conscious that they are severely judged, and that they deserve to be judged severely; but still they feel an unconquerable craving for praises that they do not hear, or they are consumed by a desire to appear to possess, in the eyes of a new audience, the qualities which they have not, hoping to win the admiration or affection of strangers at the risk of forfeiting it again some day.
-- That secret is not difficult to guess.
-- What was the secret tie that bound her to the old tradesman?
在玛丽·雪莱的《弗兰肯斯坦》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- But supposing all these conjectures to be false, you cannot contest the inestimable benefit which I shall confer on all mankind, to the last generation, by discovering a passage near the pole to those countries, to reach which at present so many months are requisite; or by ascertaining the secret of the magnet, which, if at all possible, can only be effected by an undertaking such as mine.
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