clandestine

英 [klænˈdestɪn]

美 [klænˈdestɪn]

adj. 暗中从事的; 保密的; 秘密的

TOEFL GRE TEM8 法律

Collins.1 / BNC.14415 / COCA.11864

牛津词典

adj.

暗中从事的；保密的；秘密的
done secretly or kept secret
1. a clandestine meeting/relationship
  秘密会议 / 关系

柯林斯词典

ADJ (通常因违法而)偷偷摸摸的，暗地里的，秘密的
Something that isclandestineis hidden or kept secret, often because it is illegal.
1. ...their clandestine meetings.
  他们的秘密会晤

英英释义

adj

conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
1. clandestine intelligence operations
2. cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines
3. hole-and-corner intrigue
4. secret missions
5. a secret agent
6. secret sales of arms
7. surreptitious mobilization of troops
8. an undercover investigation
9. underground resistance
Synonym:cloak-and-daggerhole-and-corner(a)hugger-muggerhush-hushsecretsurreptitiousundercoverunderground

双语例句

What are you finding to be the biggest differences being an entrepreneur from being in the clandestine services?
你觉得做企业和情报工作的最大区别在哪？
Declassified documents from the 1970s provide new evidence that federal officials believed bomb-grade uranium that disappeared from a Pennsylvania nuclear facility in the 1960s was likely taken for use in a clandestine Israeli atomic-weapons program.
20世纪70年代的解密文件提供了新的证据，表明美国联邦官员相信，上世纪60年代在美国宾夕法尼亚州核设施丢失的核弹级铀很可能被用于以色列的秘密原子武器计划。
A mouse leads a clandestine life below the ground.
一只耗子能够引向地底之下的秘密生命。
She is the director of clandestine operations of the CIA.
她是中央情报局秘密行动的负责人。
Nobody knows how many clandestine immigrants there are in the city.
没有人知道这个城市有多少地下移民。
They were able to send urgent messages to their allies on their clandestine radio.
他们能够通过秘密电台向盟友传送紧急讯息。
For instance, some clandestine publications are beautifully produced. well, where did the paper come from?
举例说，有些秘密刊物印得那么漂亮，哪儿来的纸？
The early Christians held clandestine meetings in caves.
早期的基督徒在洞穴中秘密聚会。
Yet these clandestine talents could not deflect police attention.
但这些地下天才们未能逃脱警方的关注。
He has been having a clandestine affair with his secretary for three years.
他和他的女秘书私通有三年了。