1 ADJ [usually ADJ n] （产业、服务）私立的，私有的，私营的，民营的 Private industries and services are owned or controlled by an individual person or a commercial company, rather than by the state or an official organization. （产业、服务）私立的，私有的，私营的，民营的 [business]
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...a joint venture with private industry.
与私营企业建立的合资企业
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Bupa runs private hospitals in Britain.
保柏在英国开办私立医院。
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Brazil says its constitution forbids the private ownership of energy assets.
巴西称其宪法禁止个人占有能源资产。
SYN nonpublic, independent, commercial, privatised
2 ADJ [ADJ n] 个人的；私人的 Private individuals are acting only for themselves, and are not representing any group, company, or organization. 个人的；私人的
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...the law's insistence that private citizens are not permitted to have weapons.
法律坚持要求公民个人不得持有武器
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The King was on a private visit to enable him to pray at the tombs of his ancestors.
国王以私人身份出访，以便能够祭拜先祖陵墓。
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The family tried to bring a private prosecution against him for assault.
这家人试图以侵犯人身为由对他提起自诉。
3 ADJ [usually ADJ n] （财物等）个人所有的，私有的，私人的 Your private things belong only to you, or may only be used by you. （财物等）个人所有的，私有的，私人的
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The landowners have had to sell their private aircraft.
这些土地所有者不得不卖掉自己的私人飞机。
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They want more State control over private property.
他们希望加强国家对私有财产的控制。
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There are 76 individually furnished bedrooms, all with private bathrooms.
这里有76间陈设各异的卧室，都配有独立卫生间。
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I took the precaution of clearing out my desk before I left, and only my private secretary knows it.
我在离开之前预先把桌子整理好了，这一点只有我的私人秘书知道。
4 ADJ [usually ADJ n] （地方、聚会等）非公开的，私人的 Private places or gatherings may be attended only by a particular group of people, rather than by the general public. （地方、聚会等）非公开的，私人的
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673 private golf clubs took part in a recent study.
673家私人高尔夫俱乐部参与了最近的研究。
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The door is marked 'Private'.
这扇门上标着“私人房间”。
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Brian Epstein was buried in a private ceremony at Long Lane Cemetery, Liverpool.
在利物浦朗雷恩公墓为布赖恩·爱泼斯坦举行了私人葬礼。
5 ADJ [usually ADJ n] （会议、讨论、活动等）秘密的，私下的 Private meetings, discussions, and other activities involve only a small number of people, and very little information about them is given to other people. （会议、讨论、活动等）秘密的，私下的
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Few senior figures have issued any public statements but privately the resignation's been welcomed.
几乎没有高层人员发表任何公开声明，但私下里大家都为这次辞职窃喜。
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I had not talked to Winnette privately for weeks.
我好几个星期没有和温尼特私下谈过话了。
6 ADJ [usually ADJ n] （生活）私人的，个人的，与工作无关的 Your private life is that part of your life that is concerned with your personal relationships and activities, rather than with your work or business. （生活）私人的，个人的，与工作无关的
SYN personal, individual, secret, hidden
7 ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n] （想法、感觉）私密的，隐私的，内心的 Your private thoughts or feelings are ones that you do not talk about to other people. （想法、感觉）私密的，隐私的，内心的
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We all felt as if we were intruding on his private grief.
我们都觉得似乎触及到了他内心的伤痛。
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...the enactment of her private sexual fantasies.
她内心产生了性幻想
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It's just that it's something very private, and I simply can't talk about it.
只不过这是非常隐私的事情，我根本不能谈论这个。
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Privately, she worries about whether she's really good enough.
她暗自担心自己是不是真的有那么好。
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He had privately resolved he would buy her the dress.
他暗地里下定决心要给她买那件衣服。
8 ADJ [ADJ n] 只有自己人明白的 You can use private to describe situations or activities that are understood only by the people involved in them, and not by anyone else. 只有自己人明白的
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Chinese waiters stood in a cluster, sharing a private joke.
华人服务生们站在一起，讲着只有他们自己才懂的笑话。
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As many as 40 per cent of twins have a private language that excludes the rest of the family.
多达40％的双胞胎都有自己的语言，其他家庭成员都听不懂。
9 ADJ-GRADED （地方等）僻静的，幽静的，无人打扰的 If you describe a place as private, or as somewhere where you can be private, you mean that it is a quiet place and you can be alone there without being disturbed. （地方等）僻静的，幽静的，无人打扰的
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It was the only reasonably private place they could find.
这是他们能找到的唯一一个还算僻静之处。
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...a very attractive country house set within a uniquely beautiful and private position.
坐落在风景独特的僻静之处的非常别致的乡间别墅
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We were alone, completely private, with not even Angela present.
就我们自己，没有其他人打扰，连安吉拉也不在。
SYN secluded, secret, separate, isolated
10 ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n] （人）内敛的，文静内向的，孤僻的 If you describe someone as a private person, you mean that they are very quiet by nature and do not reveal their thoughts and feelings to other people. （人）内敛的，文静内向的，孤僻的
SYN solitary, reserved, retiring, withdrawn
11 ADJ [usually ADJ n] 私人教授的；私下辅导的 You can use private to describe lessons that are not part of ordinary school activity, and which are given by a teacher to an individual pupil or a small group, usually in return for payment. 私人教授的；私下辅导的
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Martial arts: Private lessons: £8 per hour.
武术：私人教授：每小时8英镑
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...Donald Tovey, who took her as his private pupil for the piano.
唐纳德·托维，她的私人钢琴老师
12 N-COUNT; N-TITLE 列兵，二等兵（级别最低的士兵） A private is a soldier of the lowest rank in an army or the marines. 列兵，二等兵（级别最低的士兵）
SYN enlisted man [US] , tommy [British , informal] , private soldier, Tommy Atkins [British , informal]
13 N-PLURAL [usually poss NOUN] 私处；阴部 Your privates are your genitals. 私处；阴部 [informal]
15 PHRASE 私下地；秘密地 If you do something in private, you do it without other people being present, often because it is something that you want to keep secret. 私下地；秘密地
SYN in secret, privately, personally, behind closed doors
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