surreptitious

英語

詞源

借自拉丁語 surrēptīcius (「鬼鬼祟祟的，秘密的」)，源自surrēpō (「爬，爬過」)。

發音

• (英國) 國際音標^(幫助)：/ˌsʌɹɪpˈtɪʃəs/
• (美國) 國際音標^(幫助)：/səˌɹɛpˈtɪʃəs/, /ˌsʌɹəpˈtɪʃəs/, /ˌsɛɹəpˈtɪʃəs/

• （美國）音頻

  （文檔）

• 韻部：-ɪʃəs

形容詞

surreptitious (比較級 more surreptitious，最高級 most surreptitious)

1. 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.

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

   • 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].

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

近義詞

• 參見Thesaurus:covert

衍生詞彙

• surreptitiously
• surreptitiousness

相關詞彙

• subreption
• surreptition