clandestine

英 [klænˈdestɪn]

美 [klænˈdestɪn]

adj.  暗中从事的; 保密的; 秘密的

TOEFLGRETEM8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

• 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。
• The clandestine owner of the existing session the hacker can, at this point, record and exploit data that is transferred between the new user and the server as long as the session remains active.
  现有会话的秘密所有者那个黑客此时能够记录和利用在新用户和服务器之间传输的数据，前提是会话保持活动。
• 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。
• 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。
• And, of course, none of those who show interest are yet officers in the clandestine service.
  理所当然的是，尚未有一个对间谍工作展示出兴趣的人，在这些国家秘密机构是长官。
• The early Christians held clandestine meetings in caves.
  早期的基督徒在洞穴中秘密聚会。
• Of recent clandestine operations in afghanistan.
  你参与了最近在阿富汗的秘密行动。
• Have you ever been approached by anyone to do clandestine work?
  以前有没有谁曾找你谈过做秘密工作的问题？
• But the demand for the clandestine product would be substantially reduced.
  但是，对来历不明的产品的需求将下降。
• So my first schooling was in mandarin, in a clandestine class run by a married couple.
  我的华文启蒙教育是从成保路的这所房子开始的，秘密给我们上课的是一对夫妇。