| 单词 | under-cover man |
| 释义 | > as lemmasunder-cover man a. Of a person: operating in secret within a community or organization, esp. as a detective or spy. Frequently as under-cover agent, under-cover man. Also applied to organizations or agencies. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > secret observation, spying > [adjective] intelligencing1595 under-cover1920 the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > secret observation, spying > [adjective] > of an organization under-cover1920 1920 U. Sinclair 100% 266 [Mrs. Godd] had written in a large, bland, girlish hand her opinion of ‘under cover’ men and those who hired them. 1932 W. Faulkner Light in August ii. 41 Whiskey can be bought from Brown almost on sight, and the town is..waiting for him to..produce from his raincoat and offer to sell it to an under~cover man. 1933 B'nai B'rith Mag. 48 108/1 German steamship lines were ‘in the front ranks of Nazi-ism—active under-cover nests of conspiracy’. 1951 E. Paul Springtime in Paris (U.K. ed.) iii. 67 An undercover worker for the Party. 1958 Spectator 20 June 809/3 The Providence Island Company..which served as undercover organisation for the opposition to Charles I. 1970 Toronto Daily Star 24 Sept. 12/8 The undercover agent is the surest way of handling narcotics problems in factories. < as lemmas |
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