hidden agenda

英 [ˌhɪdn əˈdʒendə]

美 [ˌhɪdn əˈdʒendə]

n.  (言语或行为背后的)隐秘意图，秘密目的

牛津词典

noun

• （言语或行为背后的）隐秘意图，秘密目的
  the secret intention behind what sb says or does
  1. There are fears of a hidden agenda behind this new proposal.
     人们担心这一新提议的背后有不可告人的目的。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 隐秘的动机;不可告人的目的
  If you say that someone has ahidden agenda, you are criticizing them because you think they are secretly trying to achieve or cause a particular thing, while they appear to be doing something else.
  1. He accused foreign nations of having a hidden agenda to harm French influence...
     他指责一些国家有不可告人的目的，意图损害法国的影响力。
  2. Is there a hidden agenda?
     有没有不可告人的动机？

双语例句

• They are also much less likely to have a hidden agenda, suffer mood swings or get involved in office politics, workers said.
  此外，员工们还表示，男上司的幕后动机、情绪波动都比较少，也很少卷入办公室政治中。
• The president failed to reassure Congress that there was no hidden agenda behind the reforms.
  总统未能向国会再次保证，此次改革的背向没有任何秘密议题。
• However, the policy-making in the hidden agenda manipulated by self-interest groups causes "purpose transformation", threatening the authority of public policies and even political stability.
  隐蔽议程中的政策制定受私利集团操纵，发生“目标置换”，将危及公共政策的权威甚至政治的稳定。
• Coming here today, I have no hidden agenda. I am fighting for my future.
  今天我来到这里，我背后没有任何经纪人，我们为我们的未来而战。
• He accused foreign nations of having a hidden agenda to harm French influence
  他指责一些国家有不可告人的目的，意图损害法国的影响力。
• In practice ( which most often differs from theory, as you know!), managers usually have their own ( sometimes even hidden) agenda, which too often collides with the organization's long-term goals.
  但实际上（你应该知道理论和实际的差距！），管理者总是有自己的（有时候甚至是秘密的）打算，它通常是和组织的长远目标相违背的。
• He accused the government of having a hidden agenda.
  他指责政府有不可告人的动机。
• One way of keeping yourself awake at the office, making yourself look genuinely busy and ensuring that no one can decode your hidden agenda is to keep engaging the attention of others without actually working.
  让自己装出真的很忙的样子是在办公室保持自己清醒的一种方式，一定要保证没人能识破你的隐秘行动，转移别人对你实际上没有工作的注意力。
• Is there a hidden agenda?
  有没有不可告人的动机？
• I have a hidden agenda in all my software engineering classes.
  在我所有的软件工程学课堂上，都有一份神秘的议程。