The baroque explanations of why the appointment had to be kept a secret from the prime minister, or anyone else, were unconvincing.

对于为什么这项任命要对首相以及其他人隐瞒，则有五花八门的解释，但都难以令人信服。

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Not as well-kept a secret as in years past, Granada is becoming a more popular destination for tourists due to its history and relative safety.

几年前，它还像是个保守得很好的秘密，但是现在，格拉纳达因其历史和相对而言的安全原因，正成为趋于热门的旅游目的地。

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The man - whose identity is being kept a secret to protect his young daughter - is now said to be in negotiations to sell his family's story to a Sunday newspaper.

据说，此人正在和周日集团下的一家报纸（a Sunday newspaper）谈判，销售自己的家庭故事。 此人的身份仍处在保密阶段，以保护他年轻的女儿。

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He kept the bad news a secret for more than three years.

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Hacking believes that there were many gambling theorists who invented probability theory at various times in history but never wrote it down and kept it as a secret.

哈金相信历史上有很多赌博理论家,曾多次构想了概率论,但从来没有记录下来,并且恐为人知

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