private
私营,私有,私立,私家
Related Words
Definitions
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- : belonging to some particular person: private property.
- : pertaining to or affecting a particular person or a small group of persons; individual; personal: for your private satisfaction.
- : confined to or intended only for the persons immediately concerned; confidential: a private meeting.
- : personal and not publicly expressed: one's private feelings.
- : not holding public office or employment: private citizens.
- : not of an official or public character; unrelated to one's official job or position: a former senator who has returned to private life;a college president speaking in his private capacity as a legal expert.
- : removed from or out of public view or knowledge; secret: private papers.
- : not open or accessible to the general public: a private beach.
- : undertaken individually or personally: private research.
- : without the presence of others; alone: Let's go into another room where we can be private.
- : solitary; secluded: He wants to meet us in a more private place.
- : preferring privacy; retiring: a very private person.
- : intimate; most personal: private behavior.
- : of, having, or receiving special hospital facilities, privileges, and services, especially a room of one's own and liberal visiting hours: a private room; a private patient.
- : of lowest military rank.
- : of, relating to, or coming from nongovernmental sources: private funding.
- 1
- : a soldier of one of the three lowest enlisted ranks.
- : privates. private parts.
Phrases
- private eye
- free (private) enterprise
- in private
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Government and private actors could improve their vaccine rollouts to get more shots in arms faster.
The private club that’s reportedly flying wealthy Brits to Dubai for their jabs.
I grew up feeling very private and embarrassed about human sexuality and bodies, and I don’t want my children to feel like that.
This is perhaps one case where the much-criticized use of private prisons has an advantage over those run by government.
Soon, the group was back under fire again, though, for posting the private conversations between Horn and Becker.
ROME — What does it take for a Hollywood A-lister to get a private audience with Pope Francis?
The family was taking some private moments for a closing of the coffin in keeping with Chinese ritual.
But while his public profile receded, his private life blossomed.
My nickname was Captain, though I was a private, first class.
The role of private investigators has stirred controversy in the investigation.
Dean Swift was indeed a misanthrope by theory, however he may have made exception to private life.
But if what I told him were true, he was still at a loss how a kingdom could run out of its estate like a private person.
The private chapel, built out from the house on the side next Calne, had not been used for years and years.
Proof was given to him, of Elizabeth having admitted Ripperda to private political discussions in the Altheim apartments.
The two enjoyed a mutual understanding from which he was excluded, a private intimacy that was spiritual, mental,— physical.