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

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。
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。
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。
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。
Of recent clandestine operations in afghanistan.
你参与了最近在阿富汗的秘密行动。
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。
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。
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 member of a clandestine subversive organization who tries to help a potential invader.
试图帮助潜在侵略者的破坏性组织的成员。