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

• Took a surreptitious glance at his watch;
  偷偷瞟了一下他的表；
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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！
• We always assumed it was nerves, or a surreptitious attempt to glance at their wristwatch.
  通常出现这种情况时，我们会有两种假设：他可能很紧张，或者只是想偷偷地看表。
• The UI of the system presented in the present thesis is friendly, simple, stable, safe and surreptitious. The system can realize the share of information resource, and improve the efficiency and accuracy of teaching management.
  本系统的用户界面友好、操作简单、运行稳定、安全性和保密性强，实现了信息资源的共享，能有效地提高教学管理工作的效率和准确性。
• 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。
• 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。
• She sneaked a surreptitious glance at her watch.
  她偷偷看了一眼手表。