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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

private ['praɪvɪt]

1. adjective [+property] [ land] [ plane] (not public) 私人的
2. adjective [+performance] [ ceremony] 非公开的
3. adjective [+education] [ housing] [ health care] [ industries] (not state-owned) 私有的
4. adjective [+papers] [ discussion] [ conversation] [ meeting] (confidential) 秘密的
5. adjective [+correspondence] [ life] (not professional) 个人的
6. adjective [+life] [ thoughts] [ plans] [ affairs] [ belongings] (personal) 私人的
7. adjective [+place] (secluded) 幽僻的
8. adjective [+person] (secretive) 内敛的
9. noun [c] [军] 士兵

to be in private practice

[医] 私人开业行医

in (his) private life

在他的私生活中

in private

私下

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

private [ˈpraɪvɪt]

1. adjective 特定人群的，特定团体的

Public figures struggle to maintain a private life.

公众人物努力保持自己的私人生活。

The former president is now a private citizen.

前总统现在是一个普通公民。
2. adjective 个人的，私人的
3. adjective 私有的，私用的，个人专用的

Each room has a private bath.

每个房间里面都有单独的浴室。
4. adjective 秘密的，非公开的
5. adjective 平民的，无官职的
6. adjective 私立的，私营的，民办的
7. adjective 隐蔽的，幽静的
8. n.[c] [Military] 二等兵
9. n.[c] 列兵，士兵

Our prisoner was just a private and knew nothing of value.

我们的囚犯只是一个士兵，不能提供任何有价值的信息。
10. n.[c] [Military] 三等兵

Collins English-English Dictionary

private ['praɪvɪt]

1. adj not widely or publicly known

they had private reasons for the decision
2. adj confidential; secret

a private conversation
3. adj not for general or public use

a private bathroom
4. adj [prenominal] individual; special

my own private recipe
5. adj [prenominal] having no public office, rank, etc

a private man
6. adj [prenominal] denoting a soldier of the lowest military rank

a private soldier
7. adj of, relating to, or provided by a private individual or organization, rather than by the state or a public body

the private sector

private housing
8. adj (of a place) retired; sequestered; not overlooked
9. adj (of a person) reserved; uncommunicative
10. n a soldier of the lowest rank, sometimes separated into qualification grades, in many armies and marine corps

private first class
11. n [Etymology] C14: from Latin privatus belonging to one individual, withdrawn from public life, from privare to deprive, bereave

See more results for private in the Chinese-English Dictionary

Examples

private property: 私有财产
a private school: 私立学校
a private dining room: (与大厅隔开的)小间餐室；雅座
private medical practice: 个体医生开业；独自行医
a private room in a hospital: 医院里的个人专用病房; 176 more results

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