English Dictionary

keep one's counsel

verb

To keep one's own business private; to be careful, circumspect, or discreet in what one says concerning one's own deeds, situation, or thoughts.

He prefers to keep his counsel and not share his personal problems with others.

意味（1）

To keep one's own business private; to be careful, circumspect, or discreet in what one says concerning one's own deeds, situation, or thoughts.

As he held his mother to him, he longed to tell her all, but he kept his counsel.

意味（2）

To keep a secret for someone else; to be careful, circumspect, or discreet in what one says concerning someone else's deeds, situation, or thoughts.

Standish will keep our counsel, and the news will be old before it's known.