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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- private ['praɪvɪt]
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1.
adjective
[+property, land, plane]
(not public) 私人的
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2.
adjective
[+performance, ceremony]
非公开的
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3.
adjective
[+education, housing, health care, industries]
(not state-owned) 私有的
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4.
adjective
[+papers, discussion, conversation, meeting]
(confidential) 秘密的
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5.
adjective
[+correspondence, life]
(not professional) 个人的
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6.
adjective
[+life, thoughts, plans, affairs, belongings]
(personal) 私人的
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7.
adjective
[+place]
(secluded) 幽僻的
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8.
adjective
[+person]
(secretive) 内敛的
- 9. noun [c] [军] 士兵
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1.
adjective
[+property, land, plane]
(not public) 私人的
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- private [ 'praɪvɪt] [ 'praɪvɪt]
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- 1. adjective 私人的；个人的；私有的
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2.
adjective
私营的；私立的
- a private school
- 私立学校
- 3. adjective 私用的；个人专用的
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4.
adjective
保密的；秘密的
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5.
adjective
隐蔽的；幽静的；僻远的
- a private dining room
- (与大厅隔开的)小间餐室；雅座
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6.
adjective
不公开暴露的；个人参加工作的
- private tutor
- 私人教师；家庭教师
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7.
adjective
不让人知道的；秘密的；保密的
- a private matter
- 秘密事情
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8.
adjective
非官职的；士兵的
- a private citizen
- 平民
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9.
adjective
单独进行的；独自进行的
- private medical practice
- 个体医生开业；独自行医
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10.
noun
列兵；（美国陆军或海军陆战队）二等兵
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11.
noun
平民
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12.
noun
职位较低的人
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13.
noun
[复数形态时]阴部；生殖器
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14.
noun
私人豪宅
Collins English-English Dictionary
- private ['praɪvɪt]
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1.
adj
not widely or publicly known
- they had private reasons for the decision
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2.
adj
confidential; secret
- a private conversation
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3.
adj
not for general or public use
- a private bathroom
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4.
adj
[prenominal]
individual; special
- my own private recipe
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5.
adj
[prenominal]
having no public office, rank, etc
- a private man
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6.
adj
[prenominal]
denoting a soldier of the lowest military rank
- a private soldier
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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
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8.
adj
(of a place) retired; sequestered; not overlooked
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9.
adj
(of a person) reserved; uncommunicative
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10.
n
a soldier of the lowest rank, sometimes separated into qualification grades, in many armies and marine corps
- private first class
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11.
n
[Etymology]
C14: from Latin pr
i va tus belonging to one individual, withdrawn from public life, from pri va re to deprive, bereave
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1.
adj
not widely or publicly known
Examples
- buck private
- 列兵 → buck
- private property
- 私有财产 → private
- a private joke
- 某个人的笑柄 → private
- a private school
- 私立学校 → private
- a private citizen
- 平民 → private
- a private dining room
- (与大厅隔开的)小间餐室；雅座 → private
- a private matter
- 秘密事情 → private
- private medical practice
- 个体医生开业；独自行医 → private
- private tutor
- 私人教师；家庭教师 → private
- a private room in a hospital
- 医院里的个人专用病房 → private
Related Q & A
| Subject/Asked by | Posted |
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In private, they are good friends, though one is a policeman... by anonymous |
2007.07.04 | 0 | 1 | Good 0 Bad 0 |
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Please don't ask private question. 请不要问私人问题。... by anonymous |
2007.07.04 | 0 | 1 | Good 0 Bad 0 |
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