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。
• Obstruction Theory of Agenda Setting in the Policy Process: Analytical Framework of Hidden Agenda
  政策过程中的议程设置阻力学&隐蔽议程现象分析框架
• 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。
• Is there a hidden agenda?
  有没有不可告人的动机？
• Share regularly with others. This underlines that you have no hidden agenda.
  经常和他人进行沟通说明你没有隐瞒他人。
• I'm deeply suspicious of the hidden agenda of people spreading that rumor.
  某些人散布这样的谣言，背后有什么企图，我们深表怀疑。
• Second, she had no hidden agenda.
  第二，她没有秘密企图。
• As much as we want to finally make that New Year's resolution stick, it turns out we are equally committed to another, previously hidden, agenda.
  不管多么地希望新年决意能持续履行下去，看来我们对那些过去隐藏起来的计划安排也是同样地尽心。
• 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。
• By creating that incident, they attempted to sabotage the Beijing Olympic Games and achieve their hidden agenda.
  他们就是想煽动破坏奥运会，企图达到他们不可告人的目的。