stealth

英 [stelθ] 美[st?lθ]

TEM8GRE低頻詞擴展詞匯

stealth 偷偷摸摸，偷偷摸摸的，隱形的

steal,偷，-th,名詞后綴。引申形容詞詞義偷偷摸摸的，隱形的。

stealth (n.): mid-13c., "theft, action or practice of stealing," from a probable Old English *st?lt, which is related to stelen (see steal (v.)), from Proto-Germanic *st?litho (cognates: Old Norse stultr), with Proto-Germanic abstract noun suffix *-itho (see -th (2)).

Compare heal/health, weal/wealth. Sense of "secret action" developed c. 1300, but the word also retained its etymological sense into 18c. Got a boost as an adjective from stealth fighter, stealth bomber, radar-evading U.S. military aircraft, activated 1983.

1. The government was accused of trying to introduce the tax by stealth .: 有人指責政府想不事聲張地開征這種稅。

3. The Navy has decided to cancel its contract for the A-12 Stealth attack plane.: 海軍方面已決定取消購買A-12隱形攻擊機的合同。

4. It's good that he used direct taxation rather than stealth taxes to raise the money.: 還好他采用了直接征稅而不是間接征稅的手段來籌集資金。

5. He claimed Tony Blair is trying to get us into the euro by stealth.: 他聲稱托尼·布萊爾正試圖神不知鬼不覺地讓我們加入歐元體系。