This was a rare opportunity for Britain's beleaguered secret state to justify itself, and tell its side of the story.

对这个饱受批评的英国秘密机构而言，此乃验明正身﹑声张己见的难得良机。

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The earliest acronym I could find that I actually recognized as a word was Gestapo from 1934, built on the German words for “secret state police.”

而我找到的最早的、可以看成是一个单词的缩略语则是1934年的Gestapo(盖世太保)，来自于德语词“秘密国家警察”（Geheime Staatspolizei）。

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Having a baby in her unmarried state would have brought shame on the family in China, so she probably kept my existence a secret.

在中国，未婚生子会让家庭感到羞耻，所以她很可能对我的存在保密了。

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He's recovering from intestinal surgery and an undisclosed illness that's treated as a state secret.

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The Supreme Court accepted the idea of a state secret privilege more than 50 years ago.

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Official figures, however, remain a state secret, according to the BBC's Martin Patience in Beijing.

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