Clandestine
[klæn'destɪn;'klændestɪn] or [klæn'dɛstɪn]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods; 'clandestine intelligence operations'; 'cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines'; 'hole-and-corner intrigue'; 'secret missions'; 'a secret agent'; 'secret sales of arms'; 'surreptitious mobilization of troops'; 'an undercover investigation'; 'underground resistance' .
整理:凯瑟琳--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Conducted with secrecy; withdrawn from public notice, usually for an evil purpose; kept secret; hidden; private; underhand; as, a clandestine marriage.
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同義詞及近義詞:
a. Concealed (for a bad purpose), hidden, private, underhand, underhanded, sly.
海伦娜編輯
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Furtive, secret, {[ely]?}, stealthy, surreptitious, hidden, disguised,concealed, private, underhand
霍雷肖整理
解釋/意思:
adj. concealed or hidden: private: sly.—adv. Clandes′tinely.
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例句/造句/用法:
- It was not an Opera night, and no one was giving a party, so that Beaufort's outing was undoubtedly of a clandestine nature. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- If it could not be done with Mr. Mills's sanction and concurrence, I besought a clandestine interview in the back kitchen where the Mangle was. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- His embarkation was clandestine; and if we may credit a tale of the Princess Anna, he passed the hostile sea closely secreted in a coffin. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- By favouring this clandestine escape he preserves a shew of consistency to his followers; but mercy is far from his heart. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Some suspicion of clandestine meetings haunted his mind. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Clandestine and occasional vice is beyond all measurement. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- The whole amorphous field of clandestine vice will, of course, defeat any census. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
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