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Undercover Work Secretly Information Catch Under·Cover Adj Drug

Undercover means secret, of a spy, or undercover. It can be used as an adjective referring to work that secretly obtains information (e.g., undercover operations, agents, reporters), or as an adverb meaning to do something secretly.

undercover 的意思是秘密的、密探的、卧底的。它可以作为形容词,指秘密获取信息的工作(如秘密行动、卧底警察、卧底记者),也可以作为副词,表示秘密地进行某事。

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/ʌ̱ndə(r)kʌ̱və(r)/
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[ADJ 形容词]秘密的;密探的;卧底的 Undercover work involves secretly obtaining information for the government or the police.
  [usu ADJ n]
  [ADV after v]
  • ...an undercover operation designed to catch drug smugglers.

    抓捕毒贩的秘密行动

  • ...undercover FBI agents.

    联邦调查局的密探

  • ...undercover reporters.

    卧底记者

  • Undercover is also an adverb.
    • 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。


Oxford under·cover / ˌʌndəˈkʌvə(r) ; NAmE ˌʌndərˈkʌvər / adjective [usually before noun ] working or done secretly in order to find out information for the police, a government, etc. 秘密工作的;暗中做的;私下进行的 an undercover agent 密探 an undercover operation/investigation 秘密行动╱调查 under·cover adverb 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。 under·cover / ˌʌndəˈkʌvə(r) ; NAmE ˌʌndərˈkʌvər /
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undercoverun‧der‧cov‧er /ˌʌndəˈkʌvə◂ $ -dərˈkʌvər◂/ adjective [only before noun]
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undercover work is done secretly by the police in order to catch criminals or find out information:  an undercover investigationundercover policeman/cop/agent etc undercover detectives see thesaurus at
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undercover adverb:  a cop who goes undercover to catch drug dealers He worked undercover in Germany and Northern Ireland.
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秘密的(82%),从事秘密工作的(18%)
adj.秘密的,秘密从事的;从事间谍活动的

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