词汇 | on-the-sly |
释义 | on the slyphrase If you do something on the sly, you do it secretly because you should not be doing it: 暗中,偷偷地 He drives his mother's car on the sly while she's at work.他在母亲上班的时候偷开她的汽车。 She does a bit of work on the sly. Dating is frowned on so is usually done on the sly. Although the product is officially banned, some restaurants still serve it on the sly. They started meeting up on the sly. She visited them on the sly. See also slynoun on the sly | American Dictionaryon the slyidiom secretly: On the sly, Dave was adding chilies to the desserts he made. |
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