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

• 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。
• He speaks many languages including arabic, so he was assigned to dangerous covert operations.
  他会讲几种语言，包括阿拉伯语，他被委派负责国家安全的秘密行动，危险的。
• What they asked me to set up for them is a covert unit.
  他们让我为他们建立一个隐秘的部分。
• It has been done through covert actions, so that their influence can bring about changes beneficial to them.
  通过秘密的行动，以便使他们用他们的影响得到他们认为有利的新的变化。
• 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。
• 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。
• What's to say they couldn't start another covert nuclear weapons program?
  凭什么说他们不会开始另一个秘密核武器计划？
• Social resources must not be used in the running of religious schools and covert religious schools.
  社会力量不得举办宗教学校和变相宗教学校。
• A reversible covert communication method based on integer linear transform and sorting was proposed.
  描述了一种基于整数线性变换和排序的无损隐秘传输方法仿真。