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。
• Of recent clandestine operations in afghanistan.
  你参与了最近在阿富汗的秘密行动。
• For instance, some clandestine publications are beautifully produced. well, where did the paper come from?
  举例说，有些秘密刊物印得那么漂亮，哪儿来的纸？
• 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。
• 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？
• Do not admit to clandestine ops.
  不准承认在执行秘密行动。
• 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 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。