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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。