on a need-to-know basis
If youtellpeoplesomething on a need-to-knowbasis, you onlytellthem thefactsthey need toknowat thetimethey need toknowthem, and nothing more.
仅限于人们需要知道的东西Essential or necessary
- basically
- basis
- be a question ofdoing somethingidiom
- box ticking
- business-critical
- dependence
- elemental
- if need beidiom
- if/when push comes to shoveidiom
- incumbent
- indispensable
- inhere insomething
- necessitate
- necessity
- need
- needed
- needful
- owe
- symbiotically
- warrant
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on a need-to-know basis
This information is held in manual and computer systems and access is restrictedonaneed-to-knowbasis.
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It may be disclosed onlyonaneed-to-knowbasisby authorised persons, and only to the extent authorised.
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The concept of information being givenonaneed-to-knowbasismight satisfy the spirit of the proposals, but it is wide open to misinterpretation.
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They are regularly consultedonaneed-to-knowbasison security, foreign affairs and defence.
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It will be accessible only to a senior officer, and only specific local authority staff would be allowed to view sensitive recordsonaneed-to-knowbasis.
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Please keep this sectiononaneed-to-knowbasis.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The displays provide information on the key flight systems and controlsonaneed-to-knowbasis, along with basic flight and tactical data.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.We make the environment hold or even manipulate information for us, and we harvest that information onlyonaneed-to-knowbasis.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Documents are generally handledonaneed-to-knowbasis, and so may not be available to ministers who do not serve on the relevant committee.
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