done secretly or kept secret暗中从事的；保密的；秘密的- a clandestine meeting/relationship秘密会议／关系
- the clandestine sale of weapons秘密出售武器
Extra Examples- A clandestine meeting was held between leaders of the two parties.两党领导人举行了一次秘密会议。
- She could see no future in her clandestine relationship.她知道她的地下恋情是没有前途的。
- There was nothing in all of this that could be regarded as clandestine.所有这些都没有什么可以被视为秘密的。
Topics War and conflictc2Oxford Collocations DictionaryClandestine is used with these nouns: See full entry Word Originmid 16th cent.: from French clandestin or Latin clandestinus, from clam ‘secretly’.