covert
                
          英 ['k?v?t; 'k??v??t]
美 ['kov?t]
        
                
          
            - n. 隱藏處;樹叢;蔽覆羽翮基部的羽毛
- adj. 隱蔽的;隱密的;偷偷摸摸的;在丈夫保護下的
- n. (Covert)人名;(英)科弗特
 
        
                
                助記提示
        
        1. overt => covert ( c- [from com-, intensive prefix; com- => co- => c-] + overt, 它們兩屬于反義同源 ).
2. 而 covert 又是由 cover 的古法語形式的過去分詞形式直接借用過來的,因此你可以將 covert 直接看做是 cover 的古法語形式的過去分詞。
3. 反義同源詞根:oper-/opert(過去分詞形式)(operire "cover, close") <==> aper-/apert(過去分詞形式)(aperire "uncover, open").
4. 同源同義音變:aper-/apert(過去分詞形式)(aperire "uncover, open") ==> over-/overt(過去分詞形式)(古法語:overt, past participle of ovrir "uncover, open").
5. PIE prefix *ap- "off, away" + base *wer- "cover"; PIE prefix *op- "over" + base *wer- "cover".
6. 注意同源音變的區別:apert- => overt; copert- => covert; coper- => cover.
                中文詞源
        
        
                英文詞源
        
        - covert (adj.)
- c. 1300, from Old French covert "hidden, obscure, underhanded," literally "covered," past participle of covrir "to cover" (see cover). Related: Covertly.
雙語例句
        
        - 1. They have been supplying covert military aid to the rebels. 
- 他們一直在暗地里向叛亂者提供軍事支援。
來自柯林斯例句
 
- 2. The depth of covert racism in my own profession frightens me. 
- 我所從事的職業中暗藏著如此深的種族主義偏見,這讓我感到害怕。
來自柯林斯例句
 
- 3. The army carried out covert surveillance of the building for several months. 
- 軍隊對這座建筑物進行了數月的秘密監視.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
 
- 4. The deer fled to a covert. 
- 鹿逃入叢林中.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
 
- 5. Religion is often made the covert of crime. 
- 宗教常成為罪惡的護庇所.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》