trade secret@ode

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trade secret的解释：

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3 x4 H3 M  V! xtrade secret:
a secret device or technique used by a company in manufacturing its products
行业秘密

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) W% R$ C( O  t8 ha piece of secret information about a particular business, that is only known by the people who work there
商业秘密，行业秘密

MWCD11：
' H/ G+ S2 g; K1 D4 F& q5 C* }trade secret:
something (as a formula) which has economic value to a business because it is not generally known or easily discoverable by observation and for which efforts have been made to maintain secrecy

4 d/ d* X& ]. n3 H* r7 Z8 @当然，从整句解释角度，柯氏也很好：
A trade secret is information that is known, used, and kept secret by a particular firm, for example about a method of production or a chemical process.
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从以上解释看，trade secret主要指商业秘密（信息），而ODE的解释仅指出了device or technique，未能全面包含information的含义，相对而言，朗文双解解释的很到位，个人谨识。