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

Others confess very bad sins, like killing someone during a clandestine government operation.
其他人则忏悔深重的罪孽，比如在秘密的政府行动中谋杀某人。
Or then there's the purely clandestine factory that has no relation to the original product.
也有些山寨产品纯粹是在与原产品没有任何关系的地下工厂里生产的。
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？
This is that I am in course of clandestine transfer me to you loving your secret.
这是我正在秘密的对你传递我爱你的秘密。
We have to make sure there is no clandestine uranium enrichment program that is somehow undeclared and unexcavated.
我们必须确保北韩没有保留秘密的浓缩铀项目、没有宣布或是没有发现的项目。
To support its deadly biological and chemical weapons programs, Iraq procures needed items from around the world using an extensive clandestine network.
为了支持其生化武器计划，伊拉克使用扩展的秘密网络从世界各地获得其所需要的东西。
They started clandestine activities against the election.
他们暗地里活动，以反对这次的选举。
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。
It has to share with the world the range, extent and intent of its clandestine hacking programs.
它必须向全世界公布其秘密黑客侵入计划的范围、程度和意图。
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。