covert

英 [ˈkʌvət]

美 [ˈkoʊvɜːrt , ˈkʌvərt]

adj.  秘密的; 隐蔽的; 暗中的
n.  (动物可藏身的)矮树丛，灌木林

复数：coverts　现在分词：coverting　

GRE

Collins.1 / BNC.11398 / COCA.8772

牛津词典

adj.

• 秘密的；隐蔽的；暗中的
  secret or hidden, making it difficult to notice
  1. covert operations/surveillance
     暗中活动 / 监视
  2. He stole a covert glance at her across the table.
     他隔着桌子偷偷地瞥了她一眼。

noun

• （动物可藏身的）矮树丛，灌木林
  an area of thick low bushes and trees where animals can hide

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 秘密的;隐藏的;暗中的
  Covertactivities or situations are secret or hidden.
  1. They have been supplying covert military aid to the rebels...
     他们一直在暗地里向叛乱者提供军事支援。
  2. The depth of covert racism in my own profession frightens me.
     我所从事的职业中暗藏着如此深的种族主义偏见，这让我感到害怕。
• (小动物或猎禽可藏身的)矮树丛，灌木丛
  Acovertis a group of small trees or bushes very close to each other where small animals or game birds can hide.

英英释义

noun

• a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something
  1. a screen of trees afforded privacy
  2. under cover of darkness
  3. the brush provided a covert for game
  4. the simplest concealment is to match perfectly the color of the background
  Synonym:screencoverconcealment
• a flock of coots

adj

• secret or hidden
  1. covert actions by the CIA
  2. covert funding for the rebels
• (of a wife) being under the protection of her husband
  1. a woman covert

双语例句

• The bombing of Cambodia or covert operations in Chile were thrown into the cauldron.
  轰炸柬埔寨和在智利的秘密行动也被拿来试问。
• We will make a study on the covert expression of interpersonal function by analyzing some examples in daily communication and literary works.
  我们将通过分析日常交际和文学作品中的一些例子，对语言的人际功能的隐性表达方式进行一次研究。
• You were part of the covert team that mounted the assault on our consulate.
  你是袭击我们领事馆的秘密小组的一员。
• The financial debt in China consists of central financial debt and covert financial debt.
  我国财政债务规模包括中央财政规模和隐性、或有债务规模。
• Covert channel is the key problem of the research of information flow security, so domestic and overseas scholars research the problem of information security through analyzing covert channel.
  隐通道是信息流安全性研究的关键问题，国内外学者通过分析隐通道对信息安全问题进行了研究。
• Covert channels and Trojan code.
  隐藏的通道和特洛伊编码。
• That affects your thinking and actually shortens your patience, particularly when you get covert support from others.
  这会影响到你的思考，减少你的耐心，尤其当你得到别人支持的掩护时。
• We're going to take a more covert approach on this one.
  这次我们要用更隐蔽的方式。
• As the postcards advertising these lynchings testify, the practice was not covert.
  用这些明信片广告来作证明，这些处私刑的行为就不再是秘密了。
• Their declared and their covert objectives; a declared liberal.
  他们公开的和未公开的目的；公开承认自己是个自由主义者。