| 词汇 | counter-espionage |
| 释义 | counter-espionage noun[ U ] uk /ˌkaʊn.tərˈes.pi.ə.nɑːʒ/ us /ˌkaʊn.t̬ɚˈes.pi.ə.nɑːʒ/ secret action taken by a country to prevent another country from discovering its military, industrial, or political secrets反间谍活动 International relations: spying and espionage agent agent provocateur anti-bug asset insider intel intelligence MI5 MI6 operative scout sleuthing snoop snoopy spook spy spy on someone/something tail tap the CIA Espionage and counter-espionage have greatly flourished during the war. It was the certainty of retaliation which kept the actual war a cold one—a war of provocation and trickery and counter-espionage, but not of mutual extermination. Examples of counter-espionagecounter-espionage In this perpetual conflict between espionage and counter-espionage it is, of course, never possible to present a complete account to the public. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have never served in either the counter-espionage or the secret services. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It provided more leads for counter-espionage work than any other counter-espionage operation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Spies are employed to go out and obtain information, and that makes the opponent set up counter-espionage organisations to catch them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If so, why are we spending so many millions on building up espionage and counter-espionage services of our own? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In this case, as in every other case of counter-espionage, it is, of course, essential not to let the others know what you know. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My point is that it is the breakdown of counter-espionage which constitutes the worry over this. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was not operated on by the counter-espionage service. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am sure that there is some need for a continuing specialised agency to deal with counter-espionage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Now we are told that the counter-espionage services are catching quite a bag of spies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We cannot risk a divulging of the secrets either of espionage or counter-espionage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We make criticisms of the low priority given to counter-espionage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are not engaged in espionage, industrial espionage or counter-espionage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There have been about four directors of the counter-espionage branch in the past 10 years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They were really furious when the counter-espionage discredited the reports—furious because it implied that their town did not deserve a spy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of counter-espionage These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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