14. Reports that the US had been carrying out covert surveillance on ostensibly friendly nations have sparked ________ in recent
weeks.
(A) fidelity
(B) indignation
(C) soliloquy
(D) commemoration
統計: A(14), B(27), C(5), D(0), E(0) #597764
詳解 (共 8 筆)
- a. 形容詞
隱蔽的;隱藏的;暗地的
covert military operations 祕密軍事行動
a covert glance 偷偷的一瞥
【罕】掩蓋的;遮蔽的
【律】受丈夫保護的
- n. 名詞
隱蔽處;(鳥獸藏身的)叢林[C]
fire from coverts 從掩蔽處射擊
隱蔽;掩飾[U]
【鳥】覆羽[C][P1]
- n. [U] 不可數名詞
the act of carefully watching a person or place because they may be connected with criminal activities 〔對可疑的人或地方的〕監視; 盯梢
- idiom 慣用語
keep sb/sth under surveillance
Police are keeping the area under constant surveillance . 警察在不間斷地監視這個地區。
- ad. 副詞
if something is done ostensibly for a particular reason, it is not really done for this reason but people pretend that it is 表面上﹐假裝地
The big bosses went to Hawaii , ostensibly to launch the newproject . 大老闆都去了夏威夷﹐表面上是要開展那個新項目。
- n. 名詞
憤怒;憤慨,義憤[U][(+about/at/over)]
Reports of child abuse aroused public indignation . 有關摧殘兒童的報導激起了公眾的義憤。
feel indignation at gross injustice 對極端的不公平感到憤慨
a speech in a play in which a character talks to himself or herself so that the audience knows their thoughts 〔戲劇中的〕獨白
- n. [U] 不可數名詞
something that makes you remember and respect someone important or an important event in the past 紀念; 紀念活動
- idiom 慣用語
in commemoration of
a service in commemoration of those who died in the war 紀念戰爭死難者的儀式