clandestine

adj. /klænˈdestɪn/, /ˈklændəstaɪn/

done secretly and often dishonestly, especially in order to do something illegal or hidden from authority 秘密的；暗中的；私下的（尤指非法、不道德或需躲避官方的）

Etymology 词源

源自拉丁语 clandestinus，由 clam（秘密地）+ destare（站立）构成，本义为 “秘密地待着、隐蔽着”，后演变为形容 “暗中进行、不公开” 的行为。

Synonyms 近义表达

secret, covert, undercover, surreptitious, furtive, hidden

Collocations & Examples

固定搭配 & 例句

clandestine meeting 秘密会面

e.g. They held a clandestine meeting in a small café to avoid being noticed.他们在一家小咖啡馆里举行了秘密会面，以免被人注意。

clandestine operation 秘密行动

e.g. The military carried out a clandestine operation behind enemy lines.军方在敌后开展了一项秘密行动。

clandestine affair 秘密恋情；私通

e.g. The novel tells the story of a clandestine affair between two politicians.这部小说讲述了两位政客之间的一段秘密恋情。

clandestine activities 秘密活动

e.g. The police are investigating the clandestine activities of the organization.警方正在调查该组织的秘密活动。

clandestine deal 秘密交易

e.g. They made a clandestine deal to sell the information.他们达成了一项出售情报的秘密交易。

The New York Times

The word clandestine has appeared in 178 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on Feb. 12 in "How 'The Traitors' Builds a Reality TV Dream Team," by Joe Coscarelli:

clandestine一词在过去一年里，共出现在《纽约时报》官网的 178 篇报道中，其中就包括 2 月 12 日乔・科斯卡雷利的文章《〈叛徒〉是如何打造真人秀梦幻天团的》：

An elaborate cousin of murder-mystery party games like Werewolf or Mafia, "Traitors," currently in its fourth American season, follows a clandestine pack of killers who operate among a cast of fellow players they must target for a murder each night. Everyone else — the Faithfuls, as they're known — is tasked with sniffing out the Traitors, inevitably turning on one another in the process.

《叛徒》是狼人杀、黑手党等谋杀悬疑派对游戏精心打造的高阶姊妹版，目前美国版已播出至第四季。节目里，一批隐秘的杀手混迹在普通选手之中，每晚都要选定一人进行 “淘汰式暗杀”；而剩下的所有人 —— 也就是节目里的 “忠诚者”—— 则负责揪出这些叛徒，众人在这一过程中也不可避免地彼此反目。