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.
[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); NAmEˌʌndərˈkʌvər/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·coveradverb◆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); NAmEˌʌndərˈkʌvər/
LDC
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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