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Từ điển Việt Anh Việt 4in1 - English Vietnamese 4 in 1 Dictionary
undercover
un‧der‧cov‧er /ˌʌndəˈkʌvə◂ $ -dərˈkʌvər◂/ BrE AmE adjective [only before noun] [Word Family: noun: ↑cover, ↑coverage, ↑covering; adjective: ↑undercover, ↑covered ≠ UNCOVERED; verb: ↑cover ≠ ↑uncover; adverb: ↑undercover] undercover work is done secretly by the police in order to catch criminals or find out information: an undercover investigation undercover policeman/cop/agent etc undercover detectives —undercover adverb: a cop who goes undercover to catch drug dealers He worked undercover in Germany and Northern Ireland. • • • THESAURUS ▪ secret known about by only a few people, who have agreed not to tell anyone else: a secret meeting place | The details of the proposal must remain secret. ▪ confidential used about information, especially in business or government, that is secret and not intended to be shown or told to other people: a highly confidential report | Employees’ personal details are treated as strictly confidential. ▪ classified used about information that the government has ordered to be kept secret from most people: He was accused of passing on classified information to the Russians in the 1950s. ▪ sensitive used about information that is kept secret because there would be problems if the wrong people knew it: A teenager managed to hack into sensitive US Air Force files. ▪ covert [only before noun] used about things that are done secretly, especially by a government or official organization: a CIA covert operation ▪ undercover [usually before noun] used about things that are done secretly by the police in order to catch criminals or find out information: Detectives arrested the suspect after a five-day undercover operation. ▪ underground an underground organization or newspaper is one that operates or is produced secretly and opposes the government: Her father was a member of the underground resistance movement in France during World War II. ▪ clandestine /klænˈdestən, klænˈdestɪn/ secret and often illegal or immoral: clandestine meetings | his involvement in a clandestine operation to sell arms to Iran | a clandestine love affair ▪ hush-hush informal used about information or activities that are kept officially secret: He was put in charge of some hush-hush military project. | I’ve no idea what he does – it’s all very hush-hush.
undercoverhu◎ | [,ʌndə'kʌvə] | ※ | tính từ | | ■ | giấu giếm, lén lút, bí mật; kín | | ☆ | undercover payments | | những món tiền trả lén lút (những khoản hối lộ chẳng hạn) | | ■ | tay trong, đặc tình (dò xét người khác trong khi làm ra vẻ làm việc bình (thường) với họ) | | ☆ | detectives working undercover | | những thám tử đặc tình | | ☆ | undercover activities/organizations | | những hoạt động/tổ chức do thám tay trong |
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