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单词 undercover
释义
undercover
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˌʌn.dəˈkʌv.ər/us
/ˌʌn.dɚˈkʌv.ɚ/
workingsecretlyusing afalseappearanceinorderto getinformationfor thepoliceorgovernment:
（为给警察或政府搜集情报）秘密工作的，私下进行的
an undercoverpoliceoperation警方的秘密行动
an undercoverdetective便衣侦探
Synonyms
clandestineformal
cloak-and-dagger
hush-hushinformal
secret
surreptitious
Compare
undergroundadjectiveadverb
More examples
  • She doesn'tknowJack is an undercoverpoliceagentattemptingtoinfiltratehergroup.
  • As an undercoverofficerin the Miamipolicedepartment,yourjobis totrackdown aninternationalgangofcarthieves.
  • Prosecutors havelongrelied onwitnesses,phonetaps, and undercoversurveillance.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Hiding and disguising
  • be holed upidiom
  • booby trap
  • camo
  • camouflage
  • camouflaged
  • cloak
  • drown
  • hiding
  • hit the deckidiom
  • hole up (somewhere)
  • illusion
  • incognito
  • obscure
  • secrete
  • shut
  • shutsomeone/somethingout
  • sidle
  • skulk
  • smokescreen
  • tuck
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undercover
adverb
uk
/ˌʌn.dəˈkʌv.ər/us
/ˌʌn.dɚˈkʌv.ɚ/
secretlyand using afalseappearanceinorderto getinformationfor thepoliceorgovernment:
He wasworkingundercover at thetime,probablyfor theCIA.
He isorderedtogoundercover toinfiltratethecriminalunderworld.
More examples
  • Manynarcoticinvestigatorsworkundercover.
  • Hestartedhiscareerinuniform, then went undercover in some of the city's mostblightedneighbourhoods.
  • We were soworriedweevenapproachedadetectiveagencywith theideaofsendingin someone undercover.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Hiding and disguising
  • be holed upidiom
  • booby trap
  • camo
  • camouflage
  • camouflaged
  • cloak
  • drown
  • hiding
  • hit the deckidiom
  • hole up (somewhere)
  • illusion
  • incognito
  • obscure
  • secrete
  • shut
  • shutsomeone/somethingout
  • sidle
  • skulk
  • smokescreen
  • tuck
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The police generally
(Definition ofundercoverfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
undercover
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˌʌn.dəˈkʌv.ər/us
/ˌʌn.dɚˈkʌv.ɚ/
workingsecretly using afalseappearanceinorderto getinformationfor thepoliceorgovernment
（为给警察或政府搜集情报）秘密工作的，私下进行的
an undercoverpoliceoperation警方的秘密行动
an undercoverdetective便衣侦探

undercover| American Dictionary

undercover
adjective[not gradable]
us
/ˌʌn·dərˈkʌv·ər/
workingsecretlytoobtaininformation,esp. for thepolice:
an undercovercop
(Definition ofundercoverfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofundercover

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Of particular interest for its aspects of ' sleuthing ' is the story of theundercoveragent, recruited to collect evidence while acting as a nurse's aide.
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A gang of badger baiters was trapped by an anti-blood sportsundercoveragent, who made a video film of the cruelty.
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As to the new building's function, the long, ramped,undercoverlead-in will considerably improve the manner in which queuing takes place.
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There has been far too muchundercoverwork in all this.
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There has been a series of long-term operations, usingundercoverpolice and new technology, to ensure the integrity of evidence presented to the courts.
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The police have a multitude of different sources from which they can draw; they have informers,undercoveragents, and so on.
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The allegations were based on the evidence of a sympathiser workingundercoverat the establishment.
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I think we must have more police engaged onundercoverwork as well as policemen on patrol.
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The other was failure to appreciate that the evidence of theundercoverofficer would almost inevitably be ruled inadmissible because of the inducement offered.
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They all deal with the question of informers andundercoveragents.
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Secondly, under the current arrangements it is difficult to protect from disclosure sensitive material such as the identity of an informant orundercoverpolice officer.
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The police who are involved in the dangerousundercoverwork that leads to such convictions know full well that identity cards are irrelevant.
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He should get rid of the commitment to dismantle or run down the special branch whoseundercoverwork is indispensable, as he must know.
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Active service is active service, whether it is spent in a regular campaign between opposing forces or in combatingundercoverand sporadic guerrilla activity.
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What is happening behind the scenes—not as a conspiracy or anundercoverplot—affects every home.
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