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private

adjective
 OPAL W
🔊/ˈpraɪvət/
🔊/ˈpraɪvət/
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    not public非公开

  1.  
     [usually before noun] belonging to or for the use of a particular person or group; not for public use私有的；私用的；自用的
    • The sign said, ‘Private property. Keep out.’标牌上写着：“私人领地，禁止进入。”🔊🔊
    • You're trespassing on private land.您在私人土地上闯入。
    • a private jet私人喷气机
    • Those are my father's private papers.那些都是我父亲的私人文件。🔊🔊
    • The hotel has 110 bedrooms, all with private bathrooms.这家旅馆有 110 间客房，各有独立卫生间。🔊🔊
    • The villa has its own private beach.别墅有自己的私人海滩。
    see also semiprivate

    2. conversation/meeting谈话；会晤

  2.  
     intended for or involving a particular person or group of people, not for people in general or for others to know about为一部分人的；私人的；秘密的
    • You shouldn't listen to other people's private conversations.您不应该听别人的私人对话。
    • We agreed to keep our arrangement private.我们同意将安排保密。
    • They were sharing a private joke.他们讲着外人听不懂的笑话。🔊🔊
    • Senior defence officials held private talks.高级防务官员举行了秘密会谈。🔊🔊
    3.

    feelings/information情感；信息

  3.  
     that you do not want other people to know about内心的；隐秘的；私下的 synonym secret
    • She was scared of revealing her private thoughts and feelings.她害怕流露个人的想法和情感。
    4.

    not owned/run by state非国有

  4.  
     [usually before noun] owned or managed by an individual person or an independent company rather than by the state私立的；私营的；民营的
    • a private firm/business/hospital私人公司/企业/医院
    • The painting is now in a private collection.这幅画现在在私人收藏中。
    • a former soldier working in private security 曾在私人保安部门工作的前士兵
    • The area has attracted substantial private investment.该地区吸引了大量私人投资。
    • a programme to return many of the state companies to private ownership把众多国营公司转为民营的计划
    opposite public
  5. (of education or medical care) provided for a fee by an individual person or an independent organization rather than by the state私立的；私营的；民营的
    • She gives private English lessons at weekends.她周末做私人英语家教。🔊🔊
    • (British English) If I can afford it, I think I'll go private (= pay for medical care rather than use the government service).如果负担得起，我想我会自费医疗的。🔊🔊
  6. [only before noun] working or acting for yourself rather than for the state or for a group or company个体的，独立的，私人的（尤指医疗或教育）
    • a private contractor/investigator私人承包商/调查员
    • a private citizen/individual私人公民/个人
    • We got the money from a private investor.我们从私人投资者那里得到了钱。
    Topics Medicineb1

    7. not work非工作

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     [usually before noun] not connected with your work or official position与工作（或官职）无关的；个人的；私人的
    • a politician’s private life政界人物的私生活
    • She claimed she was acting in a private capacity.她声称自己是以私人身份行事。
    • He was on a private trip to Japan.他正在一次私人旅行中去日本。
    8.

    quiet清静

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     where you are not likely to be interrupted; quiet僻静的；不受打扰的
    • Let's go somewhere a bit more private.咱们另找个僻静些的地方吧。🔊🔊
    • They found a private corner where they could talk.他们找到了一个可以聊天的私密角落。
    opposite publicTopics Buildingsb1

    9. person人

  9. [usually before noun] not wanting to share thoughts and feelings with other people不愿吐露心思的；内向的；不爱交流思想感情的
    • He's a very private person.他是个闷葫芦。🔊🔊
    10.

    money钱

  10. that you receive from property or other sources but do not have to earn由财产增溢的；间接收入的；非劳动所得的
    • He has a private income.他有一笔私人收入。🔊🔊
    11. Word Originlate Middle English (originally denoting a person not acting in an official capacity): from Latin privatus ‘withdrawn from public life’, a use of the past participle of privare ‘bereave, deprive’, from privus ‘single, individual’.

private

noun
🔊/ˈpraɪvət/
🔊/ˈpraɪvət/
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  1. [countable]
    (abbreviation Pte)
    a soldier of the lowest rank in the army二等兵，列兵（级别最低的士兵）
    • Private (John) Smith列兵（约翰 ·）史密斯
    Topics War and conflictc2
  2. privates
     [plural] (informal) private parts (= a polite way of referring to the sexual organs without saying their names)私处
    3. Word Originlate Middle English (originally denoting a person not acting in an official capacity): from Latin privatus ‘withdrawn from public life’, a use of the past participle of privare ‘bereave, deprive’, from privus ‘single, individual’.
Idioms
in private
  1. with nobody else present私下地；没外人在场
    • Is there somewhere we can discuss this in private?有没有什么地方能让我们单独谈谈这件事？🔊🔊
    compare in public