| 英语单词 | anonymity |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 [ˌænə'nɪməti] 美 [ˌænə'nɪməti] |
| 中文释义 | n.匿名;笔者不明 |
| 英语例句 | (1) This tradition of guaranteeing anonymity began to develop quickly. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 这种担保匿名的传统便开始迅速扩展开来。 |
| vocabulary简明 | If you want a little bit of invisibility, you might seek anonymity, or being anonymous and nameless. He was a very wealthy man, and he gave most of his money away with quiet anonymity, so no one knew who was helping. |
| vocabulary扩展 | The noun anonymity comes from a Greek word meaning "without a name." If you have anonymity, you have namelessness, and people will not know who you are. Some words that are the opposite of anonymity are "celebrity" and "fame." Sometimes people request anonymity, as in "he phoned the police to report the break-in across the street but requested anonymity so the burglars wouldn't know who turned them in." |
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