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单词 secret agent
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secret agent

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noun

an agent of a secret service.
(loosely) a person employed to collect the military secrets of one country and relay them to another, especially a person living in a foreign country while so working for his or her own nation; spy.

Origin of secret agent

First recorded in 1830–40

Words nearby secret agent

Second World War, secos, secrecy, secret, secreta, secret agent, secretagog, secretagogue, secretaire, Secrétan's syndrome, secretarial
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Example sentences from the Web for secret agent

  • And at times the tricky part, the hard part, is finding out what that secret-agent mission is.

    Sanford's 'Secret-Agent Mission'|Will Cathcart|September 7, 2009|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for secret agent

secret agent

noun

a person employed in espionage
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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