clandestine
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++clan·des·tine /klænˈdestɪn/ adjective SECRETdone or kept secret 秘密的，暗中从事的 a clandestine affair 秘密关系 clandestine meetings 秘密会议► see thesaurus at secret
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clandestine• That the jumps are often illegal has kept the society clandestine and elite.• Gedge later became much more clandestine and unpretentious when asked about the lyrical content of his songs.• Thus he is forced to lead a clandestine existence, abandoned only when he occasionally reappears to demand money from his wife.• To turn this into some clandestine meeting in the middle of the ocean..• a clandestine meeting• His clandestine meetings with PLO officials had been secretly recorded.• But there were enough to constitute an underground community, a clandestine network of social outcasts and émigrés.• The result of weeks of clandestine planning sat now inside the bedside cupboard.• He'd expected a clandestine rendezvous - curtained windows, locked doors - not a gypsy encampment.• The doctor was arrested after she was named as a member of a clandestine socialist movement.Origin clandestine (1500-1600) Latin clandestinus, from clam “secretly”clan·des·tine adjectiveChineseSyllable
kept Corpus secret done or
clandestine
clan‧des‧tine /klænˈdestən, klænˈdestɪn/
adjective
a clandestine affair
clandestine meetings
▪ secret known about by only a few people, who have agreed not to tell anyone else: a secret meeting place | The details of the proposal must remain secret.
▪confidential used about information, especially in business or government, that is secret and not intended to be shown or told to other people: a highly confidential report | Employees’ personal details are treated as strictly confidential.
▪classified used about information that the government has ordered to be kept secret from most people: He was accused of passing on classified information to the Russians in the 1950s.
▪sensitive used about information that is kept secret because there would be problems if the wrong people knew it: A teenager managed to hack into sensitive US Air Force files.
▪covert [only before noun] used about things that are done secretly, especially by a government or official organization: a CIA covert operation
▪undercover [usually before noun] used about things that are done secretly by the police in order to catch criminals or find out information: Detectives arrested the suspect after a five-day undercover operation.
▪underground an underground organization or newspaper is one that operates or is produced secretly and opposes the government: Her father was a member of the underground resistance movement in France during World War II.
▪clandestine /klænˈdestən, klænˈdestɪn/ secret and often illegal or immoral: clandestine meetings | his involvement in a clandestine operation to sell arms to Iran | a clandestine love affair
▪hush-hush informal used about information or activities that are kept officially secret: He was put in charge of some hush-hush military project. | I’ve no idea what he does – it’s all very hush-hush.
clan‧des‧tine /klænˈdestən, klænˈdestɪn/
adjective Date: 1500-1600
Language: Latin
Origin: clandestinus, from clam 'secretly'
done or kept secret:Language: Latin
Origin: clandestinus, from clam 'secretly'
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