The facts could cause embarrassment if they ever became public.

如果公开的话，这些事实可能会引起尴尬。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

Sophie became public property when she married into the royal family.

索菲嫁入王室后，即成为公众人物。

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It suddenly became public—an experience that the viewer shared with dozens, scores, and even hundreds of others.

这一技术突然变得大众化了——一个观众能够和十二个、二十个、甚至是上百个人共同观看一部电影。

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Bergdahl's identity only became public in the last few days.

VOA: standard.2009.07.20

In exchange for this,he said, the national government should agree to pay the public debts that Texas had when it became a state.

VOA: special.2009.03.19

The public market quickly became popular and welcomed shoppers for more than one hundred thirty years.

VOA: special.2009.08.21

Back when I first became public health commissioner, in 1979, the conditions were quite bad.

BBC: Why are there hawker centres in Singapore?

The deal became public last year, and two investigations into Lopez criticized Silver's actions.

WSJ: As Lopez resigns, NY Assembly Dems plan reforms

And 40 years after they became public, the Pentagon is only now declassifying those documents.

FORBES: ACLU Sues The State Department To Declassify WikiLeaks' Already-Published Cables