记忆方法
1. overt => covert ( c- [from com-, intensive prefix; com- => co- => c-] + overt, 它们两属于反义同源 ).
2. 而 covert 又是由 cover 的古法语形式的过去分词形式直接借用过来的，因此你可以将 covert 直接看做是 cover 的古法语形式的过去分词。
3. 反义同源词根：oper-/opert(过去分词形式)(operire "cover, close") aper-/apert(过去分词形式)(aperire "uncover, open").
4. 同源同义音变：aper-/apert(过去分词形式)(aperire "uncover, open") ==> over-/overt(过去分词形式)(古法语：overt, past participle of ovrir "uncover, open").
5. PIE prefix *ap- "off, away" + base *wer- "cover"; PIE prefix *op- "over" + base *wer- "cover".
6. 注意同源音变的区别：apert- => overt; copert- => covert; coper- => cover.
2. 而 covert 又是由 cover 的古法语形式的过去分词形式直接借用过来的，因此你可以将 covert 直接看做是 cover 的古法语形式的过去分词。
3. 反义同源词根：oper-/opert(过去分词形式)(operire "cover, close") aper-/apert(过去分词形式)(aperire "uncover, open").
4. 同源同义音变：aper-/apert(过去分词形式)(aperire "uncover, open") ==> over-/overt(过去分词形式)(古法语：overt, past participle of ovrir "uncover, open").
5. PIE prefix *ap- "off, away" + base *wer- "cover"; PIE prefix *op- "over" + base *wer- "cover".
6. 注意同源音变的区别：apert- => overt; copert- => covert; coper- => cover.
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词族 · covert
词形变化
派生词
中文词源
covert 暗中的
来自cover, 覆盖。
英语词源
- covert (adj.)
- c. 1300, from Old French covert "hidden, obscure, underhanded," literally "covered," past participle of covrir "to cover" (see cover). Related: Covertly.
权威例句
- 1. They have been supplying covert military aid to the rebels.
- 他们一直在暗地里向叛乱者提供军事支援。
- 2. The depth of covert racism in my own profession frightens me.
- 我所从事的职业中暗藏着如此深的种族主义偏见，这让我感到害怕。
- 3. The army carried out covert surveillance of the building for several months.
- 军队对这座建筑物进行了数月的秘密监视.
- 4. The deer fled to a covert.
- 鹿逃入丛林中.
- 5. Religion is often made the covert of crime.
- 宗教常成为罪恶的护庇所.