Surreptitious

surreptitious







Y

[sur-uhp-tish-uhs]



a. (形容詞 adjective)



          1.    祕密的;偷偷摸摸的;鬼鬼祟祟的

                      When no one was looking he took a surreptitious puff on his 

                      cigarette.

                      當沒有人看時,他偷偷地抽了一口煙。





D



–adjective 

1. obtained, done, made, etc., by stealth; secret or unauthorized; clandestine: a surreptitious [glance]. 

2. acting in a stealthy way. 

3. obtained by subreption; subreptitious. (隱匿事實)





　　

Despite being closely watched, the devious dude surreptitiously creates a sort of high-tech armor suit that turns him into "a destructive Robbie the Robot" and enables him to thwart [his captors] and fly off into the desert, where he promptly crashes before being rescued by Yanks.



see susceptible



clandestine furtive

thwart









　Pulling it under the table, she [proceeds] to surreptitiously violate the misbehaving limb with a fork, before awkwardly excusing herself.