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

• 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。
• Of recent clandestine operations in afghanistan.
  你参与了最近在阿富汗的秘密行动。
• He lit several candles, giving the meeting a clandestine character.
  他点燃了几枝蜡烛，赋予这个会议以特殊的秘密气氛。
• 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。
• He has his sights on the farming, building and catering sectors in an effort to prevent employers exploiting clandestine workers and to reduce people trafficking.
  在防止雇主盘剥黑工、减少人口贩卖行为的行动中，佛拉蒂尼将目光锁定在了农业、建筑业和餐饮业。
• 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。
• She can not let anyone know, including the clandestine manufacture of men.
  她不能让任何人知道，包括制造秘密的男人。
• The North Korean military delegation arrived by air in Beijing on June 10 and met senior Chinese officials during a clandestine visit that took them to Guangzhou, Shanghai and Dalian.
  朝鲜军事代表团乘坐飞机于6月10日抵达北京进行秘密访问，他们会见了中国高级官员，还访问了广州、上海和大连。
• 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 dramatize the necessity of clandestine warfare, instructors objectively recited case histories and their import.
  为了说明秘密战的必要性，教官们客观地讲述了案例及其意义。