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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
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Collins English-English Dictionary
- privacy ['praɪvəsɪ]
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1.
n
the condition of being private or withdrawn; seclusion
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2.
n
the condition of being secret; secrecy
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3.
n
[philosophy]
the condition of being necessarily restricted to a single person
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1.
n
the condition of being private or withdrawn; seclusion
Examples
- to invade someone's privacy
- 打扰某人的私生活 → invade
- told in strict privacy
- 极秘密地告诉；完全私下地讲 → privacy
- an invasion of one's privacy
- 侵犯个人私事 → privacy
- to respect other's privacy
- 不打扰别人的清静 → respect
- to violate someone's privacy
- 侵扰(某人)(如闯入私宅等) → violate
- Why is it any of your business what I do in the privacy of my own home?
- 我在自己家里，在我的私人空间里做什么关你什么事？ → business
- in the privacy of one's own home
- 在自家私下里 → privacy
- an invasion of privacy
- 对隐私的侵犯 → privacy
- an intrusion on one's privacy → intrusion
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