smoke-filled room
noun[C]
uk/ˌsməʊk.fɪld ˈruːm//ˌsməʊk.fɪld ˈrʊm/us/ˌsmoʊk.fɪld ˈruːm//ˌsmoʊk.fɪld ˈrʊm/aplacewherepowerfulpeople, such aspoliticians,meetto havediscussionsand makeagreementsinsecret:
(政治人物进行密谈决策的)密谈室Thewholebusinessstinksofpoliticalcorruptionanddecisionsmade in smoke-filledrooms.整个事件充满了政治腐败和密室决策的味道。
Secrecy and privacy
- anonymity
- anonymization
- anonymize
- anonymous
- anonymously
- cryptography
- data protection
- dead men tell no talesidiom
- dissimulate
- dissimulation
- privacy settings
- private
- privately
- privileged
- pseudonym
- undisclosed
- whitewash
- whitewashing
- wrap
- wrapped (up) in secrecyidiom