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

• 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。
• For covert mind warfare against the Soviets in afghanistan.
  来与前苏联在阿富汗进行地下精神战。
• 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。
• It's a covert way, if you will, of addressing a problem.
  那是，如果你那么做的话，一种找到问题的不足为外人道的方法。
• In recent years, covert communication techniques have become important gradually in communication fields.
  近年来，在通信领域隐蔽通信技术正越来越受到重视。
• Covert channels and Trojan code.
  隐藏的通道和特洛伊编码。
• 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。
• You're not as covert as you'd like to think.
  其实你不是像你想的那样隐秘。
• 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？
• So the point of covert police work is not to talk about it.
  那么秘密警察的工作要点不是讨论这事。