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decrypt

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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de·crypt /diːˈkrɪpt/ verb [transitive]  to change a message or information on a computer back into a form that can be read, when someone has sent it to you in a type of computer code 解码,解读〔计算机信息〕 encrypt Only certain employees will be able to decrypt sensitive documents. 只有部分员工能解读内容敏感的文档。decryption /diːˈkrɪpʃən/ noun [uncountable]
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Examples from the Corpus
decryptThe public key is used to decrypt information at the receiver and is not kept secret.Second, it intercepts every communication it can, from friend or foe, and tries to decrypt it.Depending on circumstances, it can often decrypt scrambled data, for a fee, of course.B uses the secret private key to decrypt the message and read it.If the key was properly computed, the user can decrypt the message.
From Longman Business Dictionarydecryptde‧crypt /diːˈkrɪpt/ verb [transitive] computing to change a message or information that was written in computer code back into a form that can be read and understood by everyoneOnly key employees will be allowed to decrypt sensitive documents.decryption noun [uncountable] compare encript→ See Verb table
de·crypt verbChineseSyllable
into message information a Business computer to back Corpus on a or change


decrypt
decrypt /diːˈkrɪpt/ verb [transitive]
to change a message or information on a computer back into a form that can be read, when someone has sent it to you in a type of computer codeencrypt:
    Only certain employees will be able to decrypt sensitive documents.
—decryption /diːˈkrɪpʃən/ noun [uncountable]


de·cryptBrE /diːˈkrɪpt/ 🔊NAmE /diːˈkrɪpt/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they decrypt BrE /diːˈkrɪpt/ 🔊 NAmE /diːˈkrɪpt/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it decrypts BrE /diːˈkrɪpts/ 🔊 NAmE /diːˈkrɪpts/ 🔊past simple decrypted BrE /diːˈkrɪptɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /diːˈkrɪptɪd/ 🔊past participle decrypted BrE /diːˈkrɪptɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /diːˈkrɪptɪd/ 🔊 -ing form decrypting BrE /diːˈkrɪptɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /diːˈkrɪptɪŋ/ 🔊~ sth (computing 计算机) to change information that is in code into ordinary language so that it can be understood by anyone 脱密;给…解密 OPP encrypt de·cryp·tion BrE /diːˈkrɪpʃn/ 🔊NAmE /diːˈkrɪpʃn/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] OPP encryption