surreptitious
surreptitious
[ˌsʌrəpˈtɪʃəs]
adjective
surreptitiously
adverb
surreptitiousness
noun
语源
[ˌsʌrəpˈtɪʃəs]
adjective
- kept secret, especially because it would not be approved of
私下的；偷偷摸摸的（尤指因为不会被批准）
low wages were supplemented by surreptitious payments from tradesmen.
商人私下付的报酬补充了低工资。
surreptitiously
adverb
surreptitiousness
noun
语源
- late Middle English (in the sense 'obtained by suppression of the truth'): from Latin surreptitius (from the verb surripere, from sub- 'secretly' + rapere 'seize') + -ous
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