surreptitious
英语[编辑]
词源[编辑]
借自拉丁語 surrēptīcius (“鬼鬼祟祟的,秘密的”),源自surrēpō (“爬,爬过”)。
发音[编辑]
- (英國) IPA(幫助):/ˌsʌɹɪpˈtɪʃəs/
- (美國) IPA(幫助):/səˌɹɛpˈtɪʃəs/, /ˌsʌɹəpˈtɪʃəs/, /ˌsɛɹəpˈtɪʃəs/
(美国)音频 (文檔) - 韻部:-ɪʃəs
形容词[编辑]
surreptitious (比較級 more surreptitious, 最高級 most surreptitious)
- 鬼鬼祟祟的,偷偷摸摸的,悄悄的
- 1922, Ben Travers, 章號 1, 出自 A Cuckoo in the Nest[1]:
- He read the letter aloud. Sophia listened with the studied air of one for whom, even in these days, a title possessed some surreptitious allurement.
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- 1998, Lee A. Bygrave, “Data Protection Pursuant to the Right to Privavy in Human Rights Treaties”, 出自 International Journal of Law and Information Technology, 卷 6, 期 3,頁號s 260–261:
- It is also worth noting the case law on prisoners' correspondence which establishes that interception of a person's communications need not be surreptitious in order to amount to an interference with respect to Art 8 (1) [ECHR].
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