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单词 surreptitiously
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surreptitiously
adverb
uk
/ˌsʌr.əpˈtɪʃ.əs.li/us
/ˌsɝː.əpˈtɪʃ.əs.li/
secretly, without anyoneseeingorknowing:
Joe surreptitiously had alookin theanswerbook.
an audiotape of the surreptitiouslyrecordedconversation
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surreptitious
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  • Hewatchedsurreptitiously from thehallway, and what hesawandheardmade himsuspicious.
  • If you were surreptitiouslycheckingfootballscoresonyourcellphoneduringThanksgivingdinner, you're just thesortofpersonthecompanyislookingfor.
  • AnaudioCD of the surreptitiouslyrecordedconversationarrivedat thenewspaperin abrownenvelopewith noreturnaddress.
  • Sometimesspywareisinstalledsurreptitiously when apersonvisitsawebsite.
  • They wentundercoverto surreptitiouslyfilmracersat theillegalevents,recordingfacesandlicenseplates.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Secrecy and privacy
  • anonymity
  • anonymization
  • anonymize
  • anonymous
  • anonymously
  • cryptography
  • data protection
  • dead men tell no talesidiom
  • dissimulate
  • dissimulation
  • privacy settings
  • private
  • privately
  • privileged
  • pseudonym
  • undisclosed
  • whitewash
  • whitewashing
  • wrap
  • wrapped (up) in secrecyidiom
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(Definition ofsurreptitiouslyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsurreptitiously

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Secondly, a mansurreptitiouslyremoves a £5 note from one's jacket pocket as one is walking down the street.
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Structural effects on agency typically do not occursurreptitiously.
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In this way we wouldsurreptitiouslybe introducing the idea that the model is a perfect image of the phenomenon being examined.
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Surreptitiously, a child can act secretly as the boss to another child, who he or she puts in the role of follower.
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Can we learn to spy on the naked beautysurreptitiously?
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Rather than give up caustic soda and synthetic dye, dyers ignored the bans and continued to use both itemssurreptitiously.
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He presented himself as a competent person who knew the answers better than other students, especially younger ones, with whom he was oftensurreptitiouslycruel.
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The toy pizza wassurreptitiouslyplaced next to the entering child before the session began.
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Sometimes the invitation to intervene is public and unashamed, at other times it is madesurreptitiously.
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If the answer to this question is positive, it seems to me that the essence of the notion of phase issurreptitiouslyreintroduced.
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Such criticism is of course dissolved once we see that it appealssurreptitiouslyto a transcendental model (of freedom as external to power).
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Most of the stock for the second task was acquired bysurreptitiouslymaking extra copies while carrying out the first task.
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The process was sometimes actively encouraged by the missionaries, but more often it took placesurreptitiouslyand even despite opposition.
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Surreptitiouslyreunited, the two lovers contemplate elopement.
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She presents herself as if she were straightforwardly answering, and agreeably expressing "concern," whilesurreptitiouslyveering away from the question in the way in which it has been framed.
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