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clandestinely

/klan-des-tin/US // klænˈdɛs tɪn //UK // (klænˈdɛstɪn) //

秘密地,悄悄地,秘密的,秘密

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : characterized by, done in, or executed with secrecy or concealment, especially for purposes of subversion or deception; private or surreptitious: Their clandestine meetings went undiscovered for two years.

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Examples

  • A December report by the investigative news organization Bellingcat, in collaboration with independent media outlets, identified eight FSB operatives working for a clandestine unit, who according to the investigation, were behind the attack.

  • The clandestine launch in 2016 of Nike’s Vaporfly 4% racing shoes, featuring a carbon-fiber plate embedded in a thick layer of ultra-resilient foam, kicked off an age of extreme shoe anxiety among competitive runners.

  • So far, however, Google has not had much luck, but Facebook nonetheless felt it necessary to return fire—clandestinely.

  • We, as viewers, observing what was photographed clandestinely, become voyeurs, too.

  • A decade ago, "tired of sloganeering in India," he crossed clandestinely into Tibet and was arrested by Chinese border guards.

  • One would think you were a lover meeting his mistress clandestinely for the first time.

  • Stolen parties in the attics; suppers brought in clandestinely; lessons shirked!

  • He answered by return of post, pointing out that he couldn't possibly come to see her clandestinely, for her own sake.

  • There La Dame de la Dlivrande had been concealed with so much precaution that the good fathers said mass there clandestinely.

  • Money clandestinely taken from the proprietor we call theft, and the person who takes it we call a thief.