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小词详解 | covert
covert 英 [ˈkʌvət] 美 [ˈkoʊvɜːrt , ˈkʌvərt]
But translating such knowledge into a practical identification system can be tricky—especially if that system is supposed to be covert.
但要将这些知识转化为实用的识别系统并不容易,尤其是还需要实现隐蔽性。
——《经济学人》During the Cold War, Washington feared that Moscow was seeking to turn microwave radiation into covert weapons of mind control.
冷战期间,华盛顿曾担心莫斯科试图将微波辐射变成隐蔽的精神控制武器。
——《纽约时报》
[形容词] 没有公开承认或展示的
他隔着崭新的桌子偷偷地瞥了她一眼。
He stole a covert glance at her across the pristine table.社会上的颠覆分子一直在暗地里向叛乱者提供军事支援。
Subversive elements in society have been supplying covert military aid to the rebels.
在黎明时分包围狐狸藏身的灌木林
surround fox coverts at dawn
He seemed to know, and he sometimes said in covert words, that some one had gleaned certain information in a certain district about a family which had disappeared.
他仿佛已经知道底蕴,有时他还遮遮掩掩地说,已有人在某地调查过某个消失了的人家的某些情况。
arcane: understood by few; mysterious or secret furtive: attempting to avoid notice or attention, typically because of guilt or a belief that discovery would lead to trouble; secretive clandestine: kept secret or done secretively, especially because illicit