- 1暗中的、秘密的（偏書面；地下活動也常對這意思）
Clandestine means done in secret on purpose, and kept out of sight — a meeting, a love affair, an operation, a sale. It is more formal than secret, and it often hints that somebody would be angry, or the law would care, if they knew. A clandestine meeting sounds planned and hidden, not merely unspoken. You would not usually call a child's surprise party clandestine; you would call a hidden political group, a secret deal, or wartime work that. News, novels, and careful writing use it more than casual chat. Covert and undercover sit nearby, but clandestine is about the hidden doing, not only about spies.
From the word’s history
From Latin clandestīnus 'secret, concealed'.
借自拉丁文 clandestīnus「祕密、隱藏的」。
組成From Latin clandestinus, secret, concealed. French clandestin is the same borrowing.
同家族的字
- clandestinelythe adverb: in a hidden, planned-secret way
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
clandestineadj/klænˈdɛst(a)ɪn/
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Done or kept in secret, sometimes to conceal an illicit or improper purpose.
- clandestine military operations
- Monimia, who while she yielded to his earnest entreaties had always felt, from the natural rectitude of her understanding, the impropriety of their clandestine correspondence, would, he feared, be more than ever sensible of her indiscretion, when she found that a servant was entrusted with it...
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