steal,偷，-th,名词后缀。引申形容词词义偷偷摸摸的，隐形的。

1. The government was accused of trying to introduce the tax by stealth .

有人指责政府想不事声张地开征这种税。

2. He prefers to do good by stealth.

他宁愿悄悄做好事.

3. The Navy has decided to cancel its contract for the A-12 Stealth attack plane.

海军方面已决定取消购买A-12隐形攻击机的合同。

4. It's good that he used direct taxation rather than stealth taxes to raise the money.

还好他采用了直接征税而不是间接征税的手段来筹集资金。

5. He claimed Tony Blair is trying to get us into the euro by stealth.

他声称托尼·布莱尔正试图神不知鬼不觉地让我们加入欧元体系。