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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• The early Christians held clandestine meetings in caves.
  早期的基督徒在洞穴中秘密聚会。