stay-behind

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who remains when expected to leave or after others have left. idiomatic
    — In areas where stay-behinds could be a threat, however, motion detectors should be used.
  2. An agent who resides in a foreign country, and can be activated in certain circumstances.
    — a. 2000, Sam Halpern, Quoted in 2000, James Srodes, Allen Dulles: Master of Spies, page 545, Bobby Kennedy believed the Mafia had lots of interests in and people in Cuba; he was absolutely convinced that they had left stay-behinds in Cuba and all they had to do was tap into those stay-behinds.

词形变化

stay-behinds plural stay behind alternative

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