secret sauce
noun[UorS]
uk/ˌsiː.krət ˈsɔːs/us/ˌsiː.krət ˈsɑːs/aspecialqualitythat makes somethingsuccessful:
秘诀；秘方Thesecretsaucefor "goingviral" is still amystery.爆红的秘诀仍是一个谜。
Thecompanyis going to need somesecretsauceto make thetakeoverwork.公司需要一些法宝来促成并购。
Notprotectingintellectualpropertycanleadto someoneelsestealinga company'ssecretsauce.不保护知识产权会让别人窃取公司的秘方。
- Everyprivateequityfirmhasitsownsecretsauce.
- Theeventspace, whichseats200, is the store'ssecretsauce.
- They wereafraidthattheirsecretsaucewouldleakout andtheirrivalsin theindustrywould gettheirhandson thistechnology.
Success and achievements
- a feather inyourcapidiom
- a roaring successidiom
- accomplishment
- achievement
- achievement test
- ascension
- ascent
- belt
- boom
- every dog has its dayidiom
- feat
- fruition
- havesomethingunderyourbeltidiom
- laugh
- quantum leap
- sellout
- stratosphere
- success
- tear
- zero