surreptitious

英 [ˌsʌrəpˈtɪʃəs]

美 [ˌsɜːrəpˈtɪʃəs]

adj.  秘密的; 趁人不注意赶紧进行的

GRETEM8法律

Collins.1 / BNC.22706 / COCA.24477

牛津词典

adj.

• 秘密的；趁人不注意赶紧进行的
  done secretly or quickly, in the hope that other people will not notice
  1. She sneaked a surreptitious glance at her watch.
     她偷偷看了一眼手表。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 秘密的;鬼鬼祟祟的;偷偷摸摸的
  Asurreptitiousaction is done secretly.
  1. He made a surreptitious entrance to the club through the little door in the brick wall...
     他从砖墙的小门偷偷进入俱乐部。
  2. They had several surreptitious conversations.
     他们有过几次秘密会谈。

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:clandestinecloak-and-daggerhole-and-corner(a)hugger-muggerhush-hushsecretundercoverunderground
• marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
  1. a furtive manner
  2. a sneak attack
  3. stealthy footsteps
  4. a surreptitious glance at his watch
  Synonym:furtivesneak(a)sneakystealthy

双语例句

• She sneaked a surreptitious glance at her watch.
  她偷偷看了一眼手表。
• His surreptitious behaviour naturally aroused suspicion.
  他那鬼鬼祟祟的行为自然引起了旁人的怀疑。
• They had several surreptitious conversations.
  他们有过几次秘密会谈。
• Even before Black Mirror was shown in the United States, Mr. Brooker said he began hearing from Hollywood types who were finding it on shady torrent sites or getting surreptitious DVD copies or whatever.
  布鲁克说，《黑镜》在美国上映之前，就开始有好莱坞的人和他联系，他们是从可疑的种子网站下载，或者私下传播的DVD之类渠道看到这部剧集的。
• With eccentric and surreptitious style, the novel breaks the traditional way of narration and the existing models of value as well as the logic and order of the rational world.
  这部小说奇异而诡秘，打破了传统意义上的叙述方式，打破了现存的价值理念，打破了理性世界的逻辑和秩序。
• Rong Rong's photographs convey the drama and mystery of these surreptitious performances.
  荣荣的摄影作品传达了这些地下行为活动的戏剧性和神秘性。
• I do not mind you smoking occasionally& there's no need to be so surreptitious about it!
  你偶尔吸烟我倒并不介意&何必这样躲躲闪闪！
• She gave him a surreptitious look as she ③ took ② four more of his sweets.
  她又①把②他的糖③抓走四块，还偷偷向他瞄了一眼。
• The surreptitious moBilization of troops in preparation for a sneak attack.
  悄悄动员部队准备突然偷袭。
• Authorization to Search for Stolen Goods She carried out a surreptitious search of his belongings.
  搜查被盗物品的授权书她暗地里搜查他的东西。