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单词 covert
释义
covert
adjective
uk
/ˈkəʊ.vɜːt/us
/ˈkoʊ.vɝːt/
hiddenorsecret:
隐蔽的；隐秘的；秘密的
covertactions秘密活动
Thegovernmentwasaccusedof covertmilitaryoperationsagainst theregime.该政府被指责秘密组织推翻这一政权的军事行动。
Opposite
overt
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
kept hidden from other people
  • secretThe spies had a secret meeting.
  • covertThe government was accused of covert military operations.
  • clandestineHe arranged a clandestine meeting between his client and the candidate.
  • confidentialAll the information you give us will be treated as strictly confidential.
  • classifiedThese documents contain classified information.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Secrecy and privacy
  • anonymity
  • anonymization
  • anonymize
  • anonymous
  • anonymously
  • data protection
  • dead men tell no talesidiom
  • dissimulate
  • dissimulation
  • down-low
  • private
  • privately
  • privileged
  • pseudonym
  • pseudonymization
  • undisclosed
  • whitewash
  • whitewashing
  • wrap
  • wrapped (up) in secrecyidiom
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covert
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkʌv.ət/us
/ˈkʌv.ɚt/
agroupofbushesandsmalltreesgrowingclosetogether in whichanimalscanhide,especiallyfrompeopleor otheranimalshuntingthem
（尤指动物为躲避猎人而藏身的）丛林，小树丛
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Safe & enclosed spaces
  • awning
  • bolthole
  • booth
  • bunker
  • bus shelter
  • carrel
  • cocoon
  • drop-in
  • fallout shelter
  • hideout
  • hidey-hole
  • hiding place
  • invacuate
  • invacuation
  • retreat
  • safe haven
  • safe house
  • sanctuary
  • sanctuary city
  • shelter
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(Definition ofcovertfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

covert| American Dictionary

covert
adjective
us
/ˈkoʊ·vərt,koʊˈvɜrt/
hiddenorsecret:
covertmilitaryoperations
(Definition ofcovertfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcovert

covert
There is no question of turning them out into coverts, or of their ruining crops, or anything of that kind.
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There, for centuries, hunting has been built into and has grown into the countryside with its fox coverts and its rides.
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Are constables to be allowed to enter all woods and coverts on anyone's land at any time?
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Similarly, the annuity will be coverted into irredeemable debenture stock with the same interest rates.
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Few farmers or landowners will embark on a planting programme without an economic end in sight, be it saleable logs or sporting coverts, however attractive other matters may be.
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I make an exception of areas where there are thick clumps of rhododendrons or ill-kept coverts, but a rabbit will always live near its food, and it likes the sun.
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We removed what were pheasant coverts.
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The golden-olive remiges are typically covered by the long orange wing coverts when perched.
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In flight the male has white wings underneath with black barring on the primaries and secondary flight feathers, and light streaking on the underwing coverts.
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The adult male is deep violet, with a dark green back and wing coverts.
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He believes that lack of clarity over rights is leading tocovertcensorship of the circulation of ideas.
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Prepositions of central coincidence can be either overt orcovert.
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Covertchannels such as power consumption subvert the assumptions on which high level abstractions are based.
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They contribute not only to overt communication but to morecovertor accidental forms of information transmission.
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Constructions which may be viewed as based on overt orcovertanaphoric relations or subconstituent coordination do not qualify.
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