undercover
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++un·der·cov·er /ˌʌndəˈkʌvə◂ $ -dərˈkʌvər◂/ adjective [only before noun] SCSECRETundercover work is done secretly by the police in order to catch criminals or find out information 〔警方行动〕暗中进行的；秘密干的 an undercover investigation 秘密调查undercover policeman/cop/agent etc undercover detectives 密探► see thesaurus at secret —undercover adverb a cop who goes undercover to catch drug dealers 暗中行动抓捕毒贩的一名警察 He worked undercover in Germany and Northern Ireland. 他在德国和北爱尔兰做地下工作。Examples from the Corpus
undercover• I want to apply to become an undercover agent.• How about undercover angels dressed as Batman and Robin?• People dived aside as undercover cops ambushed a planned post office raid.• However, the two men he approached to arrange the murder were undercover detectives and Taylor and his daughter were arrested.• Then I heard the slap-slap-slap of rubber-soled feet coming across the yard and did what any ice-cool undercover dude would do.• He was arrested after trying to sell guns to an undercover FBI agent.• an undercover investigation• Six members of a drug-smuggling gang were arrested after an 18-month undercover police operation.• One final question seems pertinent: What would the response have been had Mr Brettell's offence involved instead an undercover policewoman?• In a rare public statement, the tough undercover soldiers - whose motto is Who Dares Wins - have apologised.• The unit is equipped to deal with a variety of situations, including undercover surveillance.undercover investigation• The two-year undercover investigation which culminated Thursday, involved 130 searches in 36 states.un·der·cov·er adjectiveChineseSyllable
done secretly by police undercover Corpus is in work the
undercover
un‧der‧cov‧er /ˌʌndəˈkʌvə◂ $ -dərˈkʌvər◂/
adjective [only before noun]
an undercover investigation
undercover policeman/cop/agent etc
undercover detectives
—undercover adverb:
a cop who goes undercover to catch drug dealers
He worked undercover in Germany and Northern Ireland.
▪ 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.
un‧der‧cov‧er /ˌʌndəˈkʌvə◂ $ -dərˈkʌvər◂/
adjective [only before noun] Word Family: noun: cover, coverage, covering; adjective: undercover, covered ≠ UNCOVERED; verb: cover ≠ uncover; adverb: undercover
undercover work is done secretly by the police in order to catch criminals or find out information: undercover policeman/cop/agent etc
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