1 ADJ [usually ADJ n] (产业、服务)私立的,私有的,私营的,民营的 Private industries and services are owned or controlled by an individual person or a commercial company, rather than by the state or an official organization.
(产业、服务)私立的,私有的,私营的,民营的 [business] -
...a joint venture with private industry.
与私营企业建立的合资企业
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Bupa runs private hospitals in Britain.
保柏在英国开办私立医院。
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Brazil says its constitution forbids the private ownership of energy assets.
巴西称其宪法禁止个人占有能源资产。
2 ADJ [ADJ n] 个人的;私人的 Private individuals are acting only for themselves, and are not representing any group, company, or organization.
个人的;私人的 -
...the law's insistence that private citizens are not permitted to have weapons.
法律坚持要求公民个人不得持有武器
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The King was on a private visit to enable him to pray at the tombs of his ancestors.
国王以私人身份出访,以便能够祭拜先祖陵墓。
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The family tried to bring a private prosecution against him for assault.
这家人试图以侵犯人身为由对他提起自诉。
3 ADJ [usually ADJ n] (财物等)个人所有的,私有的,私人的 Your
private things belong only to you, or may only be used by you.
(财物等)个人所有的,私有的,私人的 -
The landowners have had to sell their private aircraft.
这些土地所有者不得不卖掉自己的私人飞机。
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They want more State control over private property.
他们希望加强国家对私有财产的控制。
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There are 76 individually furnished bedrooms, all with private bathrooms.
这里有76间陈设各异的卧室,都配有独立卫生间。
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I took the precaution of clearing out my desk before I left, and only my private secretary knows it.
我在离开之前预先把桌子整理好了,这一点只有我的私人秘书知道。
4 ADJ [usually ADJ n] (地方、聚会等)非公开的,私人的 Private places or gatherings may be attended only by a particular group of people, rather than by the general public.
(地方、聚会等)非公开的,私人的 -
673 private golf clubs took part in a recent study.
673家私人高尔夫俱乐部参与了最近的研究。
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The door is marked 'Private'.
这扇门上标着“私人房间”。
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Brian Epstein was buried in a private ceremony at Long Lane Cemetery, Liverpool.
在利物浦朗雷恩公墓为布赖恩·爱泼斯坦举行了私人葬礼。
5 ADJ [usually ADJ n] (会议、讨论、活动等)秘密的,私下的 Private meetings, discussions, and other activities involve only a small number of people, and very little information about them is given to other people.
(会议、讨论、活动等)秘密的,私下的 privately -
Few senior figures have issued any public statements but privately the resignation's been welcomed.
几乎没有高层人员发表任何公开声明,但私下里大家都为这次辞职窃喜。
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I had not talked to Winnette privately for weeks.
我好几个星期没有和温尼特私下谈过话了。
6 ADJ [usually ADJ n] (生活)私人的,个人的,与工作无关的 Your
private life is that part of your life that is concerned with your personal relationships and activities, rather than with your work or business.
(生活)私人的,个人的,与工作无关的 7 ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n] (想法、感觉)私密的,隐私的,内心的 Your
private thoughts or feelings are ones that you do not talk about to other people.
(想法、感觉)私密的,隐私的,内心的 -
We all felt as if we were intruding on his private grief.
我们都觉得似乎触及到了他内心的伤痛。
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...the enactment of her private sexual fantasies.
她内心产生了性幻想
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It's just that it's something very private, and I simply can't talk about it.
只不过这是非常隐私的事情,我根本不能谈论这个。
privately -
Privately, she worries about whether she's really good enough.
她暗自担心自己是不是真的有那么好。
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He had privately resolved he would buy her the dress.
他暗地里下定决心要给她买那件衣服。
8 ADJ [ADJ n] 只有自己人明白的 You can use
private to describe situations or activities that are understood only by the people involved in them, and not by anyone else.
只有自己人明白的 -
Chinese waiters stood in a cluster, sharing a private joke.
华人服务生们站在一起,讲着只有他们自己才懂的笑话。
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As many as 40 per cent of twins have a private language that excludes the rest of the family.
多达40%的双胞胎都有自己的语言,其他家庭成员都听不懂。
9 ADJ-GRADED (地方等)僻静的,幽静的,无人打扰的 If you describe a place as
private, or as somewhere where you can be
private, you mean that it is a quiet place and you can be alone there without being disturbed.
(地方等)僻静的,幽静的,无人打扰的 -
It was the only reasonably private place they could find.
这是他们能找到的唯一一个还算僻静之处。
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...a very attractive country house set within a uniquely beautiful and private position.
坐落在风景独特的僻静之处的非常别致的乡间别墅
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We were alone, completely private, with not even Angela present.
就我们自己,没有其他人打扰,连安吉拉也不在。
10 ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n] (人)内敛的,文静内向的,孤僻的 If you describe someone as a
private person, you mean that they are very quiet by nature and do not reveal their thoughts and feelings to other people.
(人)内敛的,文静内向的,孤僻的 11 ADJ [usually ADJ n] 私人教授的;私下辅导的 You can use
private to describe lessons that are not part of ordinary school activity, and which are given by a teacher to an individual pupil or a small group, usually in return for payment.
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Martial arts: Private lessons: £8 per hour.
武术:私人教授:每小时8英镑
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...Donald Tovey, who took her as his private pupil for the piano.
唐纳德·托维,她的私人钢琴老师
12 N-COUNT; N-TITLE 列兵,二等兵(级别最低的士兵) A
private is a soldier of the lowest rank in an army or the marines.
列兵,二等兵(级别最低的士兵) SYN enlisted man [US] , tommy [British , informal] , private soldier, Tommy Atkins [British , informal]
13 N-PLURAL [usually poss NOUN] 私处;阴部 Your
privates are your genitals.
私处;阴部 [informal] 15 PHRASE 私下地;秘密地 If you do something
in private, you do it without other people being present, often because it is something that you want to keep secret.
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