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privately

/prahy-vit/US // ˈpraɪ vɪt //UK // (ˈpraɪvɪt) //

私下里,私底下,私下,私下里说

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : 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.
n.名词 noun
  1. 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

  • For private events, crowd sizes are limited to 25 people, indoors and outside.

  • He asked a private gym in New Jersey, but then the state announced travel restrictions.

  • The spirit of Mexico’s water laws mean proposals like Comice’s can’t promise the same kind of private financing WinWerks can.

  • My daughter’s small private school, which we loved, had given us the option of going virtual in light of the pandemic while still offering face-to-face learning to those who needed it.

  • With “The Missing American,” Quartey has launched a series with private investigator Emma Djan.

  • But privately, it is listening to other theories, including those about an inside job.

  • I learn by the third day to tell the nurse privately to make mine mostly orange juice.

  • Donovan had been privately concerned that running statewide would hurt his standing back home.

  • But privately, according to Trierweiler, Hollande slithered back and attempted to rekindle the mortally wounded relationship.

  • Designed for “special missions,” the privately owned company is capable of transporting precious cargo anywhere in the world.

  • Neither privately owned nor government stock is entitled to voting power.

  • Many gallants 'took' their tobacco in the lords room over the stage, and went out to (Saint) Paul's to spit there privately.

  • However, he had not and could not see the Bishop privately long enough to secure from him a promise.

  • If your intimacy will allow it, speak of the fault upon another occasion, kindly and privately, or let it pass.

  • He, at any rate, was not likely to have moved a finger against Bruce; on the contrary, he no doubt privately aided him.