person-to-person

adjective
🔊/ˌpɜːsn tə ˈpɜːsn/
🔊/ˌpɜːrsn tə ˈpɜːrsn/
[usually before noun]
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  1. happening between two or more people who deal directly with each other rather than through another person人对人的;个人之间的
    • Technical support is offered on a person-to-person basis.技术支持是向个人直接提供的。🔊🔊
  2. (especially North American English) (of a phone call) made by calling the operator (= a person who works at a telephone exchange) and asking to speak to a particular person. If that person is not available, the call does not have to be paid for.指定受话人的,叫人的(请接线员接通;如果指定受话人不在,可免交电话费)
    • a person-to-person call叫人的电话
    Topics Phones, email and the internetc2