单词 | overt |
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音标 | ['əuvə:t] |
解释 | a.公开的,非秘密的 |
红宝书 | 【英】 adj. 公开的,非秘密的(ap parent; manifest) 【考】 clandestine : secretly / overt : openly(秘密的[事]秘密地做 /公开的[事]公开地做)反义词:shadowy(朦 胧的, 有阴影的) 【记】 o(出)+vert(转)→转 出来→公开的; 【同】 参考:covert(秘密的 ) 【例】 The general made an overt grab for political power. |
字源 | overt (adj.) early 14c., "open to view," from Old French overt (Modern French ouvert), past participle of ovrir "to open," from Latin aperire "to open, uncover," from PIE compound *ap-wer-yo- from *ap- "off, away" (see abo-) + base *wer- (5) "to cover" (see weir). Compare Latin operire "to cover," from the same root with PIE prefix *op- "over;" and Lithuanian atveriu "open," uzveriu "shut." |
不择手段背单词 | adj. 公开的, 非秘密的(不被掩藏、遮盖的) 【记】over打开, t他一公开的; 参: covert(adj 隐蔽的) 【参】overtake(v 赶上) 【类】clandestine: secretly = overt: openly秘密的事是秘密地 = 公开的事是公开地 【反】shadowy(adj 有阴影的) |
趣味全助记 | 【记】covert 隐蔽的 (cover it 盖上它),overt 是反义 out-vert 翻转公开向外翻转 |
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