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单词 cipher
释义
cipher
noun
uk
/ˈsaɪ.fər/us
/ˈsaɪ.fɚ/

ciphernoun(SECRET LANGUAGE)

[CorU](alsocypher)
asystemof writing thatpreventsmostpeoplefromunderstandingthemessage:
密码；暗号
Themessagewas writtenincipher.电文是用密码写的。
Synonym
code(COMMUNICATION SYSTEM)
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Codes & decoding
  • bombe
  • code word
  • coded
  • cryptanalysis
  • crypto
  • cryptography
  • cryptology
  • decipher
  • decode
  • decrypt
  • encode
  • encrypt
  • encryption
  • passcode
  • QR code
  • scramble
  • scrambler
  • token
  • tokenization
  • unscramble
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ciphernoun(PERSON)

[C]formaldisapproving
apersonorgroupofpeoplewithoutpower, but used byothersfortheirownpurposes, or someone who is notimportant:
为人所利用的小人物；无名小卒；无足轻重的人
Theinterimgovernmentis amerecipher formilitaryrule.过渡政府不过是军事统治的一枚棋子。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
People of little importance
  • a cog in a/the machineidiom
  • be pastyoursell-by dateidiom
  • cannon fodder
  • inferior
  • lightweight
  • mediocrity
  • minnow
  • nothing
  • past
  • pawn
  • pipsqueak
  • plaything
  • poor
  • poor relationidiom
  • pygmy
  • unknown
  • waste
  • waste of spaceidiom
  • waster
  • worm
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ciphernoun(NUMBER)

[C]USold-fashioned
a zero:
零
If you have nochildren,entera cipher in thespaceon theform.如果你没有孩子，在表上的空格里填零。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Numbers: cardinal, including nought & zero
  • A, a
  • B, b
  • bi
  • deca-
  • eleven
  • fifteen
  • five
  • forty
  • googol
  • milliard
  • multi-trillion
  • nineteen
  • ninety
  • seventy
  • six
  • ten
  • thirty
  • trillion
  • twelve
  • unit
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(Definition ofcipherfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

cipher| American Dictionary

cipher
noun[C]
us
/ˈsɑɪ·fər/

ciphernoun[C](SECRET WRITING)

asystemof writing that mostpeoplecannotunderstand, so that themessageissecret; acode:
Wespenta lot oftimefiguringout the enemy’s cipher.

ciphernoun[C](NOTHING)

a zero, or apersonor thing that has novalueorimportance:
In thehandsof alesseractor, therolecould haveeasilybeen a cipher.
(Definition ofcipherfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcipher

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In my judgment it is exactly eight ciphers too many.
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On the other hand, can one imagine a better way to create meaningless ciphers than to allow the party leaderships to appoint and re-appoint people?
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In the past, fire authorities have often been seen as rubber-stamping ciphers that merely approve what their chief officers want to do.
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Just one word or one group of ciphers—even one letter—lost can mean the nullification of months, perhaps even years, of cryptographic work.
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Elected councils have been turned into mere ciphers.
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They were mere ciphers and cogs in the state machine and there was absolutely no confidence in their professional ability or integrity.
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The whole trend of our modern society is away from the treatment of people as ciphers and towards recognition of their individual rights and claims.
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I am more and more alarmed every day at the degree to which we are becoming ciphers.
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The worker and the consumer are becoming ciphers.
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Members would not then be reduced to mere ciphers, as they are now.
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They feel that they are no longer counted as human souls but as ciphers and that their energies and abilities are being exploited.
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Are they to be mere ciphers in a mathematical calculation?
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We are not talking about ciphers, about people who are born cheats and who know how to get the best out of the system.
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They are not ciphers or rubber stamps; they are human beings.
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We do not know enough about unemployment, and to regard unemployed people as mere ciphers or units of economic possibility is nonsense.
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