surreptitious

英语

词源

借自拉丁语 surrēptīcius (“鬼鬼祟祟的，秘密的”)，源自surrēpō (“爬，爬过”)。

发音

• (英国) 国际音标^(帮助): /ˌsʌɹɪpˈtɪʃəs/
• (美国) 国际音标^(帮助): /səˌɹɛpˈtɪʃəs/, /ˌsʌɹəpˈtɪʃəs/, /ˌsɛɹəpˈtɪʃəs/

• （美国）音频：

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• 韵部：-ɪʃəs

形容词

surreptitious (比较级 more surreptitious，最高级 most surreptitious)

1. 鬼鬼祟祟的，偷偷摸摸的，悄悄的
   • 1922, Ben Travers, 章号 1, 出自 A Cuckoo in the Nest‎^[1]:

     He read the letter aloud. Sophia listened with the studied air of one for whom, even in these days, a title possessed some surreptitious allurement.

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   • 1998, Lee A. Bygrave, “Data Protection Pursuant to the Right to Privavy in Human Rights Treaties”, 出自 International Journal of Law and Information Technology, 第 6 卷, 第 3 期，第 260–261 页s:

     It is also worth noting the case law on prisoners' correspondence which establishes that interception of a person's communications need not be surreptitious in order to amount to an interference with respect to Art 8 (1) [ECHR].

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近义词

• 参见Thesaurus:covert

衍生词汇

• surreptitiously
• surreptitiousness

相关词汇

• subreption
• surreptition