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undercover

英 [ʌndə'kʌvə; 'ʌndə-] 美['ʌndɚ'kʌvɚ]
  • adj. 秘密的,秘密从事的;从事间谍活动的

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英英释意


1. conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods;
"clandestine intelligence operations"
"cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines"
"hole-and-corner intrigue"
"secret missions"
"a secret agent"
"secret sales of arms"
"surreptitious mobilization of troops"
"an undercover investigation"
"underground resistance"

英文词源


undercover (adj.)
1854, "sheltered," from under + cover (n.). Sense of "operating secretly" attested from 1920.

考试真题


Last year, the Transportation Security Administration ( ' , TSA) found in a secret check that undercover investigators were able to sneak weapons---both fake and real—past airport security nearly every time they tried.

出自-2017年考研阅读原文

Last year, the Transportation Security Administration found in a secret check that undercover investigators were able to sneak weapons—both fake and real—past airport security nearly every time they tried.

2017年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

实用场景例句


an undercover agent
密探

牛津词典

an undercover operation/investigation
秘密行动 / 调查

牛津词典

The illegal payments were discovered by a journalist working undercover .
这些非法付款是一位暗中查访的新闻记者发现的。

牛津词典

...an undercover operation designed to catch drug smugglers.
抓捕毒贩的秘密行动

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...undercover FBI agents.
联邦调查局的密探

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The undercover agent immediately sourced the police when he found out the gangs'meeting place.
卧底的特工发现黑帮的见面地点后立刻通知了警方.

期刊摘选

He was working undercover for the police inside the gang.
他是警方在黑帮的卧底.

期刊摘选

She worked as an undercover agent for the police.
她为警察当密探.

辞典例句

So from then on they switched over completely to undercover activities.
所以,以后他们就完全转入秘密了.

期刊摘选

So, do you always do this undercover thing?
你一直都是做这种卧底的工作 吗 ?

电影对白

The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen.
这个广场上布满了便衣警察.

期刊摘选

When you go undercover, you have to do things you wouldn't normally do.
当你伪装时, 你会做一些和平时不一样的事.

电影对白

A range of solvent based and emulsion type rust preventives, offering indoor and undercover outdoor protection.
包括溶剂型和乳液型防锈剂, 可提供不同期限的室内和有遮护的室外保护.

期刊摘选

After two years of using an undercover operation, the FBI finally arrested the Cuban drug king.
经过两年的秘密行动, 联邦调查局终于逮捕了这位古巴毒枭.

期刊摘选

We'll have undercover officers watching all the time.
我们会有便衣警官时刻守护着你.

电影对白

You're the hunter and the hunted in Need for Speed Undercover.
你是猎人和那在对速度的需要狩猎秘密的.

期刊摘选

A federal judge upheld the undercover Methods: Used in the case.
一位联邦法官主张在此案中使用秘密的方法.

《简明英汉词典》

An undercover police officer must prove that a lonely man's missing wife was murdered.
一个卧底警员得证明一个孤独男子的失踪妻子是被谋杀的.

期刊摘选

He serves as an undercover narcotic detective in the Metropolitan Police Department.
他在大都会警局做麻醉药物秘密侦探.

期刊摘选

An undercover detective bought illegal drugs in a trick to arrest a drug dealer . 3.
一位秘密的侦探买了一个诡计的违法药拘捕一个贩毒者.

期刊摘选

The government agent has been working undercover for six months.
政府的密探已经暗中工作6个月了.

期刊摘选

Undercover police as protesters and incite, or even engage in, violence.
便衣警察装扮示威,煽动, 甚至从事暴力.

期刊摘选

One day, Hoi meets Ton , one of his gangster buddies in his undercover days.
一天, 当卧底时的兄弟铜少出现,并要求和海生合作,虽然海生不肯就范但却被[部调查科]员认定他继续与不法份子联络.

期刊摘选

Help me, Undercover Economist, you are my only hope.
帮帮我吧, 亲爱的经济学家, 你是我唯一的希望了.

期刊摘选

But undercover officers are watching. Before the boys can flee, the police close in on them.
但是秘密警察看见了这一切, 并在两男孩逃跑前把他们包围住了.

期刊摘选

an undercover agent
密探

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

You can spot undercover cops a mile off.
你一眼就可以认出便衣警察。

柯林斯例句

Swanson persuaded Hubley to work undercover to capture the killer.
斯旺森说服赫布利去做卧底以便将凶手抓获。

柯林斯例句

Officers had tailed the gang from London during a major undercover inquiry.
在一次重大的秘密调查行动中,警察从伦敦就盯上了那帮匪徒。

柯林斯例句

Journalists informed police who planted an undercover detective to trap Smith.
记者通知了警方,后者于是为诱捕史密斯而安插了一名卧底侦探。

柯林斯例句