clandestine
clandestine 英 [klænˈdestɪn] 美 [klænˈdɛstɪn]
adj. 秘密的，私下的；偷偷摸摸的
- Use the adjective clandestine to describe something that is done in secret, like your clandestine attempts to steal your brother's Halloween candy.
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- adj. 秘密的，私下的；偷偷摸摸的
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1. Their clandestine mission: to get you to the fun faster.
他们的秘密使命就是使你尽快找到乐儿。
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2. American officials said President Saleh was angry about the strike in May, but not so angry as to call for a halt to the clandestine American operations.
美国官员说，萨利赫总统对于五月的空袭非常愤怒，但是尚没有怒到叫停美国人的秘密行动的地步。
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3. The better hope might be to encourage China to use whatever clandestine influence it possesses over the North to promote internal regime change.
我们可能更应该希望中国使用它所拥有的、所有可能的秘密影响力来推动朝鲜内部政权的更迭。
- clandestine (adj.) "secret, private, hidden, furtive," 1560s, from Latin clandestinus "secret, hidden," from clam "secretly," from adverbial derivative of base of celare "to hide" (from PIE root *kel-(1) "to cover, conceal, save"), perhaps on model of intestinus "internal." Related: Clandestinely. As a noun form, there is awkward clandestinity (clandestineness apparently being a dictionary word).
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