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privy to

/priv-ee/US // ˈprɪv i //UK // (ˈprɪvɪ) //

了解到的情况,了解到,了解,了解情况

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adj.形容词 adjective
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    priv·i·er, priv·i·est.

    • : participating in the knowledge of something private or secret: Many persons were privy to the plot.
    • : private; assigned to private uses.
    • : belonging or pertaining to some particular person, especially with reference to a sovereign.
    • : secret, concealed, hidden, or secluded.
    • : acting or done in secret.
n.名词 noun
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    plural priv·ies.

    • : outhouse.
    • : Law. a person participating directly in or having a derivative interest in a legal transaction.

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Examples

  • Given their status, reviewers are privy to moments of birding vulnerability, such as when birders make identification mistakes.

  • I’ve been in a lot of rooms and have been privy to conversations about user suppression, interactions with government officials, hiding company secrets, manipulation of employees, and internal discussions.

  • Unfortunately I was not privy to blood volume and therefore hematocrit levels.

  • The “Q” of QAnon is supposedly a high-level government official privy to these secrets because of a top-secret security clearance.

  • In response to Charvel’s letter, a principal of the financing firm that has stepped up to represent investors following the city’s decision to stop paying rent said lenders also weren’t privy to all of Cisterra’s expenses.

  • Pinsky was also privy to payouts for his celebrity, accepting a lucrative consulting gig with Janssen Pharmaceutica.

  • I'm just an average citizen not privy to that kind of information.

  • Neither Wyden nor Feingold, who were both privy to the interpretation, ever disclosed further details.

  • He believes he is privy to information not reflected in polls.

  • For the believers who turned to him, Elyashiv's rulings carried the weight of someone privy to God's will.

  • It has been said that the Duke betrayed the Bourbons and was privy to the Emperor's return, but this is a calumny.

  • Having wound these about the waist, they twist them so that they cover the privy parts.

  • The books of the Treasury and of the Privy Council were rescued, and are still preserved.

  • His privy councillors are to be found among slaveholders in the United States.

  • His continued efforts to suppress the drama finally led the troupes to appeal for re22lief to the Privy Council.