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

• 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。
• 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。
• They were able to send urgent messages to their allies on their clandestine radio.
  他们能够通过秘密电台向盟友传送紧急讯息。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 early Christians held clandestine meetings in caves.
  早期的基督徒在洞穴中秘密聚会。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？