đặc vụ
Definition
- Noun:
- Secret agent: A person employed by a government or organization to secretly obtain information or perform covert activities, often for intelligence, subversion, or counter-intelligence purposes.
- Intelligence officer: An operative working for an intelligence or secret service agency.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Đặc vụ đó đã xâm nhập thành công vào tổ chức khủng bố. (That secret agent successfully infiltrated the terrorist organization.)
- Hắn bị tình nghi là một đặc vụ nước ngoài. (He is suspected of being a foreign intelligence officer.)
- Các đặc vụ đang theo dõi nghi phạm. (The agents are surveilling the suspect.)
Advanced Usage
- The term can carry a negative connotation in certain historical or political contexts, implying an agent working for a repressive or reactionary organization.
- Chế độ cũ đã sử dụng đặc vụ để đàn áp phe đối lập. (The old regime used secret agents to suppress the opposition.)
Variants and Related Words
- Điệp viên (n): Spy; often used interchangeably but can imply deeper undercover work.
- Nhân viên tình báo (n): Intelligence personnel; a more formal or general term.
Synonyms
- Agent: A person who acts on behalf of another, especially in secret.
- Operative: A worker, especially a secret agent.
- Spy: A person who secretly collects and reports information.
Related Idioms
- : To act like a secret agent; describing someone behaving very covertly or suspiciously.
- Đứa trẻ thích hoạt động như một đặc vụ khi chơi trốn tìm. (The child likes to act like a secret agent when playing hide-and-seek.)
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Intelligence service, secret service (of a reactionary organization set up for subversive purpose)
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Secret agent
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