done secretly or kept secret 暗中从事的;保密的;秘密的 a clandestine meeting/relationship 秘密会议/关系 the clandestine sale of weapons 秘密出售武器
Extra ExamplesTopics War and conflictc2A clandestine meeting was held between leaders of the two parties. 两党领导人举行了一次秘密会议。 She could see no future in her clandestine relationship. 她知道她的地下恋情是没有前途的。 There was nothing in all of this that could be regarded as clandestine. 所有这一切都没有什么可以被认为是秘密的。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryClandestine is used with these nouns:- affair
- meeting
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from French clandestin or Latin clandestinus, from clam ‘secretly’.