20090630每日一词

junli

clandestine

\klan-DES-tin\ , adjective:
1.Characterized by, done in, or executed with secrecy or concealment, esp. for purposes of subversion or deception.
形容词 a.
1.秘密的;暗中的
2.偷偷摸摸(干)的

Quotes:
One of the many shiny art panels at the back of the room is actually a clandestine two-way mirror (look carefully, the color is slightly different). Back in the day (perhaps now) it allowed managers to survey service and presentation, which are still impeccable.
~Ike DeLorenzo, Five classics revisited, Boston Globe, 27-May-09
I was commanded by Paramount's publicists -- the Legion of Women With Clipboards -- to come alone to an advance, clandestine screening of "Star Trek" a couple of weeks ago.
~Hank Stuever, The Trouble With Quibbles, Washington Post, 11-May-09
They can also stealthily enlist a computer into so-called botnets - computers that have been clandestinely networked to perform tasks without the knowledge of their owners and operators.
~Scott Duke Harris, Internet security problems have an upside for Silicon Valley, Mercury News, 11-May-09

Origin:
Clandestine is from Latin clandestīnus, probably a blend of clam-de, secretly and intestīnus, internal.