Definition of private in English:

private

adjective ˈprʌɪvətˈpraɪvɪt

1Belonging to or for the use of one particular person or group of people only.
私人的，私有的；独用的
all bedrooms have private facilities
所有卧室都有独用卫生设备。
his private plane
他的私人飞机。
Example sentencesExamples
- About a month ago I flew into Amsterdam with them, on this tiny private plane.
- The Mexican authorities demanded she be put on a private plane, while the Brazilians booked her on a regular commercial flight.
- For golfers who belong to private clubs, getting a handicap is routine.
- He was forced to relinquish his share of a private plane.
- Darknets are gated communities that run on the Internet but are open only to those who belong to the private network.
- He assures me this is one of the safest private planes ever built.
- It's a facility that's widely used and currently caters for several private planes.
- Well-maintained private resort facilities are also available around the CTR.
- In February two Scots were jailed for a total of ten years in France after they were caught using a private plane to smuggle drugs into Scotland.
- Had they chartered a private plane to fly them en masse to Edinburgh?
- So I take all sorts of planes, from private jet to EasyJet.
- But the reason not everyone has a helicopter or a private plane is only partly the expense and inconvenience.
- They fly around on a 757 and burn more fuel than most average private planes!
- For at least the first ten years of my life he kept a private plane.
- In fact, in Australia, fewer women belong to private golf clubs now than they did 20 years ago.
- The prank revolved around Michael getting on a private plane only to find out it was falling apart.
- The present complex features a restaurant and a lodge with eight beautifully equipped bedrooms with private facilities.
- I am rather amazed that anyone questions the right of people to invite whom they choose to their private parties.
- All cabins with full private facilities, including air conditioning
- The road was once a private avenue and belonged to the Church of Our Lady of Health.
- I heard one guy say today that he thinks he enjoyed coming here just because he had a private plane to bring him.
Synonyms
personal, one's own, individual, particular, special, exclusive, privately owned
1. 1.1 (of a conversation, activity, or gathering) involving only a particular person or group, and often dealing with matters that are not to be disclosed to others.
  （情形，活动，聚会）私人的，非公开的
  this is a private conversation
  这是一次密谈。
  a small private service in the chapel
  小教堂中的小型私人礼拜。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The group is available for private functions by arrangement with Mr Powell.
  Weddings, party nights and private functions already booked will now have to be rearranged.
  There was a private function on but I thought I could just mingle in.
  Under 18's will only be permitted in a pub after 9pm for private functions at which meals are served.
  While plans are still at an early age, MSPs have ruled out the use of any space for private functions such as parties or weddings.
  We were in the beer garden outside a pub on the Thames, and there was a private function in a sectioned off part of the ‘garden’.
  The group will travel this Saturday to Goresbridge, Co Kilkenny, to attend a private function.
  The hall is owned by Braintree Council and is let out for private functions.
  Later, however, he admitted that regular private functions (probably at least once a week) would not be so quiet.
  There were no interviews inside the hotel, the press was told by handlers: this was a private function.
  I was once working a private function, and four of us were slammed with about 150 cars arriving at the same time.
  Synonyms
  confidential, strictly confidential, secret, top secret, classified, unofficial, off the record, not for publication, not to be made public, not to be disclosed, closet
  backstage, offstage, privileged, one-on-one, tête-à-tête
  covert, clandestine, surreptitious
  Latin in camera
  informal hush-hush
2. 1.2 (of thoughts and feelings) not to be revealed to others.
  （思想，感情）非公开的，秘密的
  she felt awkward at intruding on private grief
  她因触及他人的个人忧伤而感到尴尬。
  Example sentencesExamples
  It flourishes on the back of faxes and in the margins of copybooks, doodles reveal a billion private boredoms.
  Even if his visit were motivated by his private feelings, he ought to bear in mind his position as prime minister.
  A source of aggravation could be your temporary inability to sort out intensely private feelings.
  The benches in the locker room sit up against the lockers for a more private feeling.
  It went from private feelings of bitterness into a tidal wave of protest that forced its way into the mainstream.
  Whatever his private feelings, he came up with exactly the correct understatement for the Cenotaph.
  Each of us had to learn to cope with the loss in his own private way.
  She is a hunter too, but whatever her private feelings, she knows that the law must be upheld.
  Still, it was more anger and private anguish than surprise that made her turn to look at him sharply.
  Yet, again, she published a poem at odds with her most private feelings.
  How far do private feelings and sentiments influence decisions that are intended to impact society as a whole?
  It is clear that personal attacks hurt, and he protects his private life and private feelings very closely.
  A world where private feelings are private and even very old friends and colleagues call each other by title and surname.
  No word on how the wife liked having her private feelings turned into a giant political display.
  On the one hand his patience had been delightfully rewarded, but on the other hand he had intruded on their private pleasures and had alarmed them.
  He is expected to recall his private fears that he had been a ‘bad parent’.
  My mixed emotions were private, and I felt incredibly bare each time I felt the need to tell her.
  Was I now so comfortable in a synagogue or holy site that I could let my private feelings show?
  And he tells us of his grey periods, too, just as we would share our private grief with close friends.
  But the murder of the two ten-year-old Soham girls has sent shockwaves of grief far beyond the private agony of their families.
  Synonyms
  intimate, personal, secret
  innermost, inward, unspoken, undeclared, undisclosed, unvoiced, sneaking, hidden
3. 1.3 (of a person) choosing not to reveal their thoughts and feelings to others.
  （人）喜欢孤独的
  he was a very private man
  他很孤僻。
  Example sentencesExamples
  What and how you think should be private unless you choose to share it.
  She was a private person, often revealing herself more in her drawings than in anything she said.
  The extraordinary thing is that this man with an opportunity to be paraded about in the public eye has chosen to remain private.
  Friends recall him as a private man, a man who did not often reveal his feelings.
  My mom chooses to be more private, and she lives in the western part of the United States.
  However, the reason is intensely private: I choose to protect my melancholy object by not naming it publicly.
  Synonyms
  reserved, introvert, introverted, self-contained, reticent, discreet, uncommunicative, non-communicative, media-shy, unforthcoming, secretive, retiring, ungregarious, unsocial, unsociable, withdrawn, solitary, insular, reclusive, hermit-like, hermitic
4. 1.4 (of a place) quiet and free from people who may interrupt.
  （地方）隐退的；隐蔽的；隔离的
  can we go somewhere a little more private?
  我们能否到更隐蔽的地方去？
  Example sentencesExamples
  Most poignantly, Frusciante stands stagefront with his eyes closed, lashing out searing solos that seem to come from a very private place.
  You might also want to designate a quiet, private space where you can dim the lights and play your favorite relaxing music.
  As if by instinct, he retreats to the woodshed, a quiet and private place where he sometimes goes just to sit and think.
  It's a bird watcher's haven, a private place for retreats and most importantly a community project.
  If you're in a private place, it's a different story - but is still covered by existing law.
  Find a private place where you start to release anger safely by screaming, hitting a pillow, or by crying - you may need the help of a therapist.
  I try to tell her that I am fourteen and should have some things I can call my own in a private place like my bedroom.
  All you can do is ensure you have enough food, a smile on your face, and a very private place to scream expletives at the top of your lungs.
  Once a day lacqueys brought us food and water and took us to a more private place to go to the bathroom.
  On the one hand, he often drew aside into a private place (such as a mountain) to spend time communing with his Father.
  The stage is set in three connected spaces that represent a private place for each of the women.
  So they kept the grassy field and my father uses it as a private place to eat his meals when he wants to be alone.
  It was her private place she came to whenever she had a spare moment to herself.
  It works best sky clad (for obvious reasons) so it's good to do in a private place.
  I don't know why I had brought Scarlett, as this was my private place, but something had just urged me to do it.
  The park was not a private place, but at night it was a good place to let you think, if you needed to escape for a minute or two.
  Edwin and Nancy headed down to the gardens to find a private place for Nancy to sober up.
  We didn't go where we normally go; we went out into the country to a little private place.
  Discover a private place of solitude and get in touch with your inner emotions and thoughts through body awareness.
  We had been told at NIDA to hold in everything until we were in a private place, and not to show anyone any signs of how we felt or anything.
  Synonyms
  secluded, secret, quiet, undisturbed, concealed, hidden, remote, isolated, out of the way, sequestered
5. 1.5predicative (especially of two people) alone and undisturbed by others.
  （尤指两人）单独的
  we can phone from the library—we'll be private in there
  我们可以从书房打电话——在那里我们可以不受干扰。
  Example sentencesExamples
  In the absence of tragedy and terror, they were left undisturbed to create private, coded worlds.
  He needed some private moments alone to reshuffle his current emotions.
  So most of that stuff is just kind of a way for me to be private, and alone, and my daughter rides horses, and my wife does.
  "Could we go somewhere private to talk?
  What Caroline didn't know was that he took a lease on the entire floor so they may be private when they chose to be.
  Synonyms
  undisturbed, uninterrupted, without disturbance, without interruption
  alone, by ourselves
2(of a person) having no official or public role or position.
（人）无官职的；非官职的
the paintings were sold to a private collector
那些画被卖给了一位民间收藏家。
Example sentencesExamples
- If memory serves me right DN1 belonged to a private car owner who bequeathed the number plate to the City of York.
- These are issues that Bulgarian public servants and private citizens must address.
- The achievement of these goals depends on cooperation by public and private leaders.
- Despite his poor health, the pontiff has a busy agenda, with regular public appearances and private audiences.
- In 1856 he took up a position as a private tutor close to Washington and he often travelled to that city to study mathematics in the libraries there.
- Future revenue would be paid to private individuals, and public spending would be financed by income tax.
- I am disturbed that under this new parliament we are seeing a private individual buying public opinion.
- Israel encourages concealed-carry of handguns in public by private citizens.
- This is rubbish - people are quite prepared to chip in as private individuals to public monuments that they support.
- Great effort is made to show both the public and the private man - the mortal life behind that immortal name.
- Legislation in all states covers public as well as private employees.
- In Texas a single faculty member spoke through the public media as a private citizen.
- All our funding is matched by money from public or private partners and the local community is heavily involved in the decision-making.
- A not-for-profit trust will not achieve savings if it uses private builders and public workers.
- In a moment, the word was flashing across radio and TV nets to military officials and private citizens.
- Every individual should also be able to ascertain which public authorities or private individuals or bodies control or may control their files.
- If he wants you to act a poor man, a cripple, a public official, or a private person, see that you act it with skill.
- The public fall of a private person is nothing new in our age or any other.
- Anyone can access it: companies big and small, public institutions and private individuals.
- Thus we each live a double life: equal public citizens and atomistic private individuals.
1. 2.1 Not connected with one's work or official position.
  与官职无关的
  the ambassador visited the school in a private capacity
  Example sentencesExamples
  Often there is no connection between one's private behavior and political positions.
  Yes, one of my staff attended the awards dinner in a private capacity.
  By contrast, expert witness immunity is not available to a party who acts as an assessor or mediator in an entirely private capacity.
  Russell maintained that his private affairs had nothing to do with the performance of his professional duties.
  Hong visited the North in a private capacity, but this is the first time for a senior official of a pro-Seoul organization to go there.
  Mayors and top provincial officials from China have visited Taiwan in the past, but they did so in a private capacity.
  And it objected to any journalists attending the taping yesterday, even in a private capacity.
  The ambassador visited the school in a private capacity as a guest of the Indus International School.
  The salaries, together with expenses, will be in addition to the money they earn in their private capacity.
  But none of them answered a question about how each of the trusts is constituted if it is a trust in a private capacity.
  Lee said that he was visiting Taiwan in a private capacity.
  He has yet to announce whether he will go in a private capacity, but his aides have hinted he probably will not do so.
  And he emphasises he is making his comments in his private capacity.
  Gifts received in a private capacity by Royals were treated in the same way as gifts to anyone else, he said.
  This was so whether or not the accused was abroad on official business or in a private capacity.
  In my view a councillor would not be undertaking activities in an official capacity if he attended a meeting solely in his private capacity.
  Washington issued the visa despite strong protests from China, arguing that Tang was visiting in a private capacity.
  But you should not interfere with the private affairs of Professor Yang.
  Two people, who are nonsubvented, have chosen to remain living at Dromore in a private capacity.
  Gardaí in Killarney stressed they were here in a private capacity and not part of an official Swedish army party.
  Synonyms
  unofficial, personal, non-official, non-public
3(of a service or industry) provided or owned by an individual or an independent, commercial company rather than the state.
（服务，行业）私营的，民营的
this research was carried out by private industry
私营企业从事的研究项目。
Example sentencesExamples
- You could even take the concept into private industry: Ramadan Inn has a ring to it.
- Not to worry, Miller will sort out private industry, those economy wreckers and get us down to 5 cents a gallon for gas.
- The problem is that some powerful lobby groups seem dead set against new technologies just because they are new, and promoted by private industry.
- I came into politics from private industry; and the government could learn a lot about cutting costs.
- Still, private industry may yet take some cues, and then develop that beyond what the institute can do on its own.
- In fact this was nothing more than a way of deflecting criticism away from the state while at the same time providing profits for private industry.
- She said the arrest involved only shares belonging to private shareholders but refused to elaborate.
- I do not see signs of significant sums coming from private industry.
- But that case does not assist in deciding whether the private service provider is itself amenable to judicial review.
- Citizens are asking for the same level of service from government that they get from private industry.
- It will roll out in the remaining private industries before the end of the year.
- So it turned to private industry to provide the extra manpower needed to implement the program.
- The CFS feels that part of the problem lies with the transfer of the CSLP to a private service provider.
- The development would be in two stages and would consist of commercial, public and private services.
- Key details of what proportion of costs will be met by the taxpayer and by private industry have yet to be finalised.
- Pretty soon you'll have to pay royalties for your thoughts benevolently loaned to you by private industry.
- The Government is to tap private industry in an effort to build trade links and swap skills with the world's poorest countries.
- Setthapol was nominated and elected by the more than 20 committee members who all belong to the private business sector.
- But more business doctoral grads are entering private industry rather than academia.
- Planned economic growth was accompanied by the socialization of agriculture and of private commerce and industry.
Synonyms
independent, non-state-controlled, non-state-run, privatized, denationalized, non-public, commercial, private-enterprise
1. 3.1 (of education or medical treatment) conducted outside the state system and charging fees to those who make use of it.
  （教育，医疗）私立的
  private education
  私立学校教育。
  if I could afford it I'd go private
  如果我出得起钱，我宁愿上私立学校。
  Example sentencesExamples
  So in fact there is a choice for the very rich to jump the queue: Pay for treatment in the private US system.
  Hospitals, NHS or private, would charge insurers for their services.
  Both also have private practices and perform infertility treatment at the private Assuta Hospital and Herzliya Medical Centre.
  The patient was unable to afford the full cost of private treatment and was told that he would have to be denied the drug.
  Should you stay in the public system or go private with your medical insurance?
  Here we take a look at nursery schools in the state and private education systems, as well as community projects run by other parents.
  NHS treatment is attractive to patients because the charges are lower than private treatment, sometimes significantly.
  Thank goodness we had a bit of money put by and were able to pay for private treatment.
  Yet if you were taken ill in the United States, for example, the cost of private medical treatment could be ruinous.
  Milburn also announced a major extension of private treatment within the NHS.
  And Hewitt has not relented on diverting billions of pounds from NHS trusts to private treatment centres.
  Meanwhile the other part of their Party wants to change our NHS for a system of compulsory private medical insurance.
  It also gives some idea of the high cost of private medical treatment in this country.
  Bupa and several other companies offer private medical healthcare and are worth considering.
  This is all very well for those who can afford private treatment but millions of people can't.
  The dental hospital is the last resort for those are can't find a dentist to treat them on the NHS and cannot afford private treatment.
  Getting private treatment for infertility can be very expensive, and there is no guarantee it will be successful.
  I was at Harrow County grammar where I'd arrived two years earlier from a private prep school to be bullied because my accent was too posh.
  The problem is compounded by the ban on general practitioners giving private prescription to their NHS patients.
  Finally, he faced the embarrassment of being asked to pay for private treatment.
2. 3.2 Relating to or denoting a transaction between individuals and not involving commercial organizations.
  （交易未涉及商业机构的）私下里的
  it was a private sale—no estate agent's commission
  这是一笔私下交易——没有房屋中介手续费。
  Example sentencesExamples
  This seminal case ruled that an audit was an essentially private transaction between auditor and their client.
  Would you allow a private, nonliterary organization to place its logo on the cover of one your books if you were in a similar situation as Mr. Franzen?
  However, consumers should be careful when entering into private sales agreements.
  Indeed, it is hard to imagine voting not being a thoroughly private transaction.
  But private sales are not and buyers are left stranded if their newly-bought vehicle is not what they expected.
  I was lucky because I had a nice old landlady who thought I was nice and she sold me the property as a private sale.
  Sligo was shocked by the last week's private sale of Lissedell House.
  It bans the private sale of all firearms, creates a Federal ballistics database, and much more.
  Since opening in March, the home has mostly relied on private donations from charitable organizations.
  One of Northern Ireland's leading shipping companies has been sold in a private sale, it was announced today.
  If the sale is private they will be auctioned off separately.
  A Fender Stratocaster played by Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock is believed to have sold for much more but that was in a private sale.
  Sale to a private investor is understood to be imminent.
  Just at obscenity, the same place where the line is drawn with regard to sales for private viewing?
  I know of several private sales in which homeowners have paid hundreds of thousands for a scrap of land.
  It has no right to look into a private transaction which was a matter between me as a lawyer and my client.
  Many of the females, purchased at a private sale in 1997 were shown by their new West of Ireland owners.
  Last time you were here, you said the big mistake was making it a private sale and not going through a broker, right?
  It's a private transaction between me and the landlord/ landlady/ shopowner.
  Many charters served simply to confirm previous charters, judgements or private transactions.

noun ˈprʌɪvətˈpraɪvɪt

1The lowest rank in the army, below lance corporal or private first class.
士兵；列兵；陆军二等兵
Example sentencesExamples
- He was stopped outside the camp and told the private that the Colonel was expecting him.
- It is essential to grow leaders from private or lieutenant to command sergeant major or general.
- He enlisted as a private in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1900 and was commissioned a year later.
- Kind of a weird topic to discuss over dinner, if you ask me, but I am a lowly private without rank or feelings.
- At Fort Knox, the Armor Center trains troopers, tankers, and leaders from privates to colonels - over 20,000 a year, as a matter of fact.
- He enlisted in the Army in 1980 and was first assigned as a young private as a supply clerk in Germany.
- Of those sentenced to death, one was a former army private, one a former police commando and the third a serving army major.
- It has 3000 soldiers, including privates, sergeants and officers.
- It observes the privates and lance corporals of the army, as well as its generals and marshals.
- Rumor has it that an Army Air Corps private died on the site where this building was constructed.
- As before, the Korean War recipients ranged from privates to lieutenant colonels, with nine army men and three Marines represented.
- Even a third class pilot had more power than a private in the army.
- There is also a significant difference between an Army private from West Virginia and a deposed dictator.
- One of the key components of infusing warrior ethos and training core warrior tasks and drills is limiting the ratio of privates to drill sergeants.
- Abroad, the death of an army private has been followed by the murder of five innocent civilians.
- He later enlisted as a private in the Royal Tank Corps, before being transferred back to the RAF.
- And we have privates in the Army Reserve who have PhDs, as well as all of the medical providers here as part of our theater support command.
- Carson sent another private to ask permission to leave their weapons with the Raiders and try to get to one of the submarines.
- A military investigation found the soldiers responsible for wounding a female private.
- In fact, the Army private did get to see his father in uniform - and in action, though it was ever so brief.
Synonyms
private soldier, common soldier
infantryman, foot soldier, trooper
British sapper, ranker
in the US GI, enlisted man
French poilu
Indian jawan
British informal Tommy, squaddie, Tommy Atkins
North American informal grunt, buck private
Australian/New Zealand informal digger
South African informal troopie
archaic swad, swaddy
2privatesinformal
short for private parts
Example sentencesExamples
- Obviously, naming our privates is a matter of personal taste.
- Men, keep your hands away from your privates when viewing this, ok?
- Yup, there's actually thousands of mentally abnormal people out there flashing their privates and ‘performing provocative poses’.
- It's downright sneaky of them to hang out there with their privates exposed.
- One day I am going to snap because of some animal suddenly rubbing my privates with its face.
- I think I'd actually rather flash my privates than appear in public in creased clothing.
- The technician fumbles with my privates like it's no big deal.
- Its front cover shows a naked man aggressively clutching his privates, while the inner sleeve has an array of expletives and sexual suggestions.
- ‘Hey, gimme that,’ says the second kid protecting his privates.
- That is like believing that if you flick the privates of a rabid pit-bull it won't attack you.

Phrases

in private

With no one else present.
非公开地，私下地；秘密地
I've got to talk to you in private
我得私下和你谈谈。
Example sentencesExamples
- There is even a coffee table and two armchairs if you want to chat with your girlfriend in private.
- The problem for those seeking clarity is that much of the direct policy lobbying takes place in private.
- The special meeting was being held in private because of the commercial sensitivity of the project.
- The GMC panel held much of the hearing in private, but ruled its decision could be made public.
- Most British ambassadors would have huffed and puffed in private, and said nothing in public.
- Yesterday, Manchester city council's executive met in private to agree the deal.
- When it comes to actually dealing with death and the dead, even in public, we do so in private.
- Rome has an obsession with secrecy - a lot goes on in private but it need not.
- The judge was today hearing a bail application on Colin's behalf in private.
- The meeting is being held in private, with only creditors allowed to attend.
Synonyms
in secret, secretly, in secrecy, privately, behind closed doors, in camera, with no one else present

Origin

Late 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'.

Someone who is private has literally ‘withdrawn from public life’ and is acting as an ordinary citizen—that is the meaning of the Latin root, from privare ‘to bereave, deprive’ from privus ‘single, individual’. It is also the root of deprive (Middle English), privilege (Middle English), and privation (Middle English). In the army privates are ordinary soldiers as opposed to officers. They were originally, from the 1570s, private soldiers. Privates meaning ‘the genitals’ is first recorded in around 1450. Back in the 13th century privy, which is from the same root, meant ‘belonging to your own private circle’. The meaning ‘a lavatory’ is as old and comes from the idea of this being a private place.

Definition of private in US English:

private

adjectiveˈprīvitˈpraɪvɪt

1Belonging to or for the use of one particular person or group of people only.
私人的，私有的；独用的
all bedrooms have private facilities
所有卧室都有独用卫生设备。
his private plane
他的私人飞机。
Example sentencesExamples
- About a month ago I flew into Amsterdam with them, on this tiny private plane.
- The present complex features a restaurant and a lodge with eight beautifully equipped bedrooms with private facilities.
- The road was once a private avenue and belonged to the Church of Our Lady of Health.
- It's a facility that's widely used and currently caters for several private planes.
- So I take all sorts of planes, from private jet to EasyJet.
- He was forced to relinquish his share of a private plane.
- I heard one guy say today that he thinks he enjoyed coming here just because he had a private plane to bring him.
- In fact, in Australia, fewer women belong to private golf clubs now than they did 20 years ago.
- In February two Scots were jailed for a total of ten years in France after they were caught using a private plane to smuggle drugs into Scotland.
- The Mexican authorities demanded she be put on a private plane, while the Brazilians booked her on a regular commercial flight.
- The prank revolved around Michael getting on a private plane only to find out it was falling apart.
- But the reason not everyone has a helicopter or a private plane is only partly the expense and inconvenience.
- I am rather amazed that anyone questions the right of people to invite whom they choose to their private parties.
- For at least the first ten years of my life he kept a private plane.
- Had they chartered a private plane to fly them en masse to Edinburgh?
- They fly around on a 757 and burn more fuel than most average private planes!
- For golfers who belong to private clubs, getting a handicap is routine.
- Darknets are gated communities that run on the Internet but are open only to those who belong to the private network.
- All cabins with full private facilities, including air conditioning
- Well-maintained private resort facilities are also available around the CTR.
- He assures me this is one of the safest private planes ever built.
Synonyms
personal, one's own, individual, particular, special, exclusive, privately owned
1. 1.1 (of a situation, activity, or gathering) affecting or involving only a particular person or group of people.
  （情形，活动，聚会）私人的，非公开的
  a small private service in the chapel
  小教堂中的小型私人礼拜。
  Example sentencesExamples
  We were in the beer garden outside a pub on the Thames, and there was a private function in a sectioned off part of the ‘garden’.
  There was a private function on but I thought I could just mingle in.
  I was once working a private function, and four of us were slammed with about 150 cars arriving at the same time.
  The group will travel this Saturday to Goresbridge, Co Kilkenny, to attend a private function.
  Under 18's will only be permitted in a pub after 9pm for private functions at which meals are served.
  Later, however, he admitted that regular private functions (probably at least once a week) would not be so quiet.
  The group is available for private functions by arrangement with Mr Powell.
  Weddings, party nights and private functions already booked will now have to be rearranged.
  While plans are still at an early age, MSPs have ruled out the use of any space for private functions such as parties or weddings.
  The hall is owned by Braintree Council and is let out for private functions.
  There were no interviews inside the hotel, the press was told by handlers: this was a private function.
  Synonyms
  confidential, strictly confidential, secret, top secret, classified, unofficial, off the record, not for publication, not to be made public, not to be disclosed, closet
2. 1.2 (of thoughts and feelings) not to be shared with or revealed to others.
  （思想，感情）非公开的，秘密的
  she felt awkward intruding on private grief
  她因触及他人的个人忧伤而感到尴尬。
  Example sentencesExamples
  It flourishes on the back of faxes and in the margins of copybooks, doodles reveal a billion private boredoms.
  A source of aggravation could be your temporary inability to sort out intensely private feelings.
  No word on how the wife liked having her private feelings turned into a giant political display.
  My mixed emotions were private, and I felt incredibly bare each time I felt the need to tell her.
  Each of us had to learn to cope with the loss in his own private way.
  It is clear that personal attacks hurt, and he protects his private life and private feelings very closely.
  How far do private feelings and sentiments influence decisions that are intended to impact society as a whole?
  Yet, again, she published a poem at odds with her most private feelings.
  She is a hunter too, but whatever her private feelings, she knows that the law must be upheld.
  Even if his visit were motivated by his private feelings, he ought to bear in mind his position as prime minister.
  But the murder of the two ten-year-old Soham girls has sent shockwaves of grief far beyond the private agony of their families.
  He is expected to recall his private fears that he had been a ‘bad parent’.
  Whatever his private feelings, he came up with exactly the correct understatement for the Cenotaph.
  The benches in the locker room sit up against the lockers for a more private feeling.
  It went from private feelings of bitterness into a tidal wave of protest that forced its way into the mainstream.
  Was I now so comfortable in a synagogue or holy site that I could let my private feelings show?
  On the one hand his patience had been delightfully rewarded, but on the other hand he had intruded on their private pleasures and had alarmed them.
  A world where private feelings are private and even very old friends and colleagues call each other by title and surname.
  And he tells us of his grey periods, too, just as we would share our private grief with close friends.
  Still, it was more anger and private anguish than surprise that made her turn to look at him sharply.
  Synonyms
  intimate, personal, secret
3. 1.3 (of a person) not choosing to share thoughts and feelings with others.
  （人）喜欢孤独的
  he was a very private man
  他很孤僻。
  Example sentencesExamples
  My mom chooses to be more private, and she lives in the western part of the United States.
  She was a private person, often revealing herself more in her drawings than in anything she said.
  The extraordinary thing is that this man with an opportunity to be paraded about in the public eye has chosen to remain private.
  What and how you think should be private unless you choose to share it.
  Friends recall him as a private man, a man who did not often reveal his feelings.
  However, the reason is intensely private: I choose to protect my melancholy object by not naming it publicly.
  Synonyms
  reserved, introvert, introverted, self-contained, reticent, discreet, uncommunicative, non-communicative, media-shy, unforthcoming, secretive, retiring, ungregarious, unsocial, unsociable, withdrawn, solitary, insular, reclusive, hermit-like, hermitic
4. 1.4 (of a meeting or discussion) involving only a small number of people and dealing with matters that are not to be disclosed to others.
  （聚会，讨论）私下的；保密的
  this is a private conversation
  这是一次密谈。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The Ministry of Defence declined to be drawn on what would be discussed, describing the meeting as private.
  When the seamstress comes for your summer fitting, you and she will have a private meeting to discuss it.
  Wherever she held a meeting, private homes, churches or town halls, there would be a good turnout.
  The meeting would be private, only the governor and his absolute most trusted advisors would be attending.
  Second, I'm launching a private Grand Rounds discussion forum on Google Groups.
5. 1.5 (of a place) quiet and free from people who can interrupt.
  （地方）隐退的；隐蔽的；隔离的
  can we go somewhere a little more private?
  我们能否到更隐蔽的地方去？
  Example sentencesExamples
  You might also want to designate a quiet, private space where you can dim the lights and play your favorite relaxing music.
  Discover a private place of solitude and get in touch with your inner emotions and thoughts through body awareness.
  As if by instinct, he retreats to the woodshed, a quiet and private place where he sometimes goes just to sit and think.
  I try to tell her that I am fourteen and should have some things I can call my own in a private place like my bedroom.
  It works best sky clad (for obvious reasons) so it's good to do in a private place.
  Once a day lacqueys brought us food and water and took us to a more private place to go to the bathroom.
  It was her private place she came to whenever she had a spare moment to herself.
  We had been told at NIDA to hold in everything until we were in a private place, and not to show anyone any signs of how we felt or anything.
  It's a bird watcher's haven, a private place for retreats and most importantly a community project.
  The park was not a private place, but at night it was a good place to let you think, if you needed to escape for a minute or two.
  Find a private place where you start to release anger safely by screaming, hitting a pillow, or by crying - you may need the help of a therapist.
  All you can do is ensure you have enough food, a smile on your face, and a very private place to scream expletives at the top of your lungs.
  On the one hand, he often drew aside into a private place (such as a mountain) to spend time communing with his Father.
  So they kept the grassy field and my father uses it as a private place to eat his meals when he wants to be alone.
  If you're in a private place, it's a different story - but is still covered by existing law.
  Edwin and Nancy headed down to the gardens to find a private place for Nancy to sober up.
  Most poignantly, Frusciante stands stagefront with his eyes closed, lashing out searing solos that seem to come from a very private place.
  I don't know why I had brought Scarlett, as this was my private place, but something had just urged me to do it.
  We didn't go where we normally go; we went out into the country to a little private place.
  The stage is set in three connected spaces that represent a private place for each of the women.
  Synonyms
  secluded, secret, quiet, undisturbed, concealed, hidden, remote, isolated, out of the way, sequestered
2(of a person) having no official or public role or position.
（人）无官职的；非官职的
the paintings were sold to a private collector
那些画被卖给了一位民间收藏家。
Example sentencesExamples
- All our funding is matched by money from public or private partners and the local community is heavily involved in the decision-making.
- In 1856 he took up a position as a private tutor close to Washington and he often travelled to that city to study mathematics in the libraries there.
- Legislation in all states covers public as well as private employees.
- The public fall of a private person is nothing new in our age or any other.
- Great effort is made to show both the public and the private man - the mortal life behind that immortal name.
- A not-for-profit trust will not achieve savings if it uses private builders and public workers.
- In Texas a single faculty member spoke through the public media as a private citizen.
- In a moment, the word was flashing across radio and TV nets to military officials and private citizens.
- The achievement of these goals depends on cooperation by public and private leaders.
- Thus we each live a double life: equal public citizens and atomistic private individuals.
- Future revenue would be paid to private individuals, and public spending would be financed by income tax.
- These are issues that Bulgarian public servants and private citizens must address.
- If he wants you to act a poor man, a cripple, a public official, or a private person, see that you act it with skill.
- Israel encourages concealed-carry of handguns in public by private citizens.
- Despite his poor health, the pontiff has a busy agenda, with regular public appearances and private audiences.
- This is rubbish - people are quite prepared to chip in as private individuals to public monuments that they support.
- Anyone can access it: companies big and small, public institutions and private individuals.
- If memory serves me right DN1 belonged to a private car owner who bequeathed the number plate to the City of York.
- I am disturbed that under this new parliament we are seeing a private individual buying public opinion.
- Every individual should also be able to ascertain which public authorities or private individuals or bodies control or may control their files.
1. 2.1 Not connected with one's work or official position.
  与官职无关的
  he would continue to represent her in a private capacity as advisor and confidant
  Example sentencesExamples
  The salaries, together with expenses, will be in addition to the money they earn in their private capacity.
  This was so whether or not the accused was abroad on official business or in a private capacity.
  Hong visited the North in a private capacity, but this is the first time for a senior official of a pro-Seoul organization to go there.
  But you should not interfere with the private affairs of Professor Yang.
  And he emphasises he is making his comments in his private capacity.
  Russell maintained that his private affairs had nothing to do with the performance of his professional duties.
  In my view a councillor would not be undertaking activities in an official capacity if he attended a meeting solely in his private capacity.
  Lee said that he was visiting Taiwan in a private capacity.
  Two people, who are nonsubvented, have chosen to remain living at Dromore in a private capacity.
  Washington issued the visa despite strong protests from China, arguing that Tang was visiting in a private capacity.
  Yes, one of my staff attended the awards dinner in a private capacity.
  Gardaí in Killarney stressed they were here in a private capacity and not part of an official Swedish army party.
  And it objected to any journalists attending the taping yesterday, even in a private capacity.
  By contrast, expert witness immunity is not available to a party who acts as an assessor or mediator in an entirely private capacity.
  But none of them answered a question about how each of the trusts is constituted if it is a trust in a private capacity.
  The ambassador visited the school in a private capacity as a guest of the Indus International School.
  Often there is no connection between one's private behavior and political positions.
  Mayors and top provincial officials from China have visited Taiwan in the past, but they did so in a private capacity.
  Gifts received in a private capacity by Royals were treated in the same way as gifts to anyone else, he said.
  He has yet to announce whether he will go in a private capacity, but his aides have hinted he probably will not do so.
  Synonyms
  unofficial, personal, non-official, non-public
3(of a service or industry) provided or owned by an individual or an independent, commercial company rather than by the government.
（服务，行业）私营的，民营的
research projects carried out by private industry
私营企业从事的研究项目。
more than 1,400 state enterprises that were about to go private
Example sentencesExamples
- The development would be in two stages and would consist of commercial, public and private services.
- In fact this was nothing more than a way of deflecting criticism away from the state while at the same time providing profits for private industry.
- Pretty soon you'll have to pay royalties for your thoughts benevolently loaned to you by private industry.
- Still, private industry may yet take some cues, and then develop that beyond what the institute can do on its own.
- The problem is that some powerful lobby groups seem dead set against new technologies just because they are new, and promoted by private industry.
- It will roll out in the remaining private industries before the end of the year.
- But more business doctoral grads are entering private industry rather than academia.
- She said the arrest involved only shares belonging to private shareholders but refused to elaborate.
- But that case does not assist in deciding whether the private service provider is itself amenable to judicial review.
- Setthapol was nominated and elected by the more than 20 committee members who all belong to the private business sector.
- I came into politics from private industry; and the government could learn a lot about cutting costs.
- Planned economic growth was accompanied by the socialization of agriculture and of private commerce and industry.
- Key details of what proportion of costs will be met by the taxpayer and by private industry have yet to be finalised.
- Not to worry, Miller will sort out private industry, those economy wreckers and get us down to 5 cents a gallon for gas.
- The CFS feels that part of the problem lies with the transfer of the CSLP to a private service provider.
- Citizens are asking for the same level of service from government that they get from private industry.
- So it turned to private industry to provide the extra manpower needed to implement the program.
- The Government is to tap private industry in an effort to build trade links and swap skills with the world's poorest countries.
- I do not see signs of significant sums coming from private industry.
- You could even take the concept into private industry: Ramadan Inn has a ring to it.
Synonyms
independent, non-state-controlled, non-state-run, privatized, denationalized, non-public, commercial, private-enterprise
1. 3.1 Relating to a system of education or medical treatment conducted outside the system of government and charging fees to the individuals who make use of it.
  （教育，医疗）私立的
  Example sentencesExamples
  The dental hospital is the last resort for those are can't find a dentist to treat them on the NHS and cannot afford private treatment.
  Thank goodness we had a bit of money put by and were able to pay for private treatment.
  Yet if you were taken ill in the United States, for example, the cost of private medical treatment could be ruinous.
  The patient was unable to afford the full cost of private treatment and was told that he would have to be denied the drug.
  Both also have private practices and perform infertility treatment at the private Assuta Hospital and Herzliya Medical Centre.
  Meanwhile the other part of their Party wants to change our NHS for a system of compulsory private medical insurance.
  Hospitals, NHS or private, would charge insurers for their services.
  Bupa and several other companies offer private medical healthcare and are worth considering.
  Finally, he faced the embarrassment of being asked to pay for private treatment.
  The problem is compounded by the ban on general practitioners giving private prescription to their NHS patients.
  This is all very well for those who can afford private treatment but millions of people can't.
  NHS treatment is attractive to patients because the charges are lower than private treatment, sometimes significantly.
  Milburn also announced a major extension of private treatment within the NHS.
  It also gives some idea of the high cost of private medical treatment in this country.
  Should you stay in the public system or go private with your medical insurance?
  Here we take a look at nursery schools in the state and private education systems, as well as community projects run by other parents.
  And Hewitt has not relented on diverting billions of pounds from NHS trusts to private treatment centres.
  Getting private treatment for infertility can be very expensive, and there is no guarantee it will be successful.
  I was at Harrow County grammar where I'd arrived two years earlier from a private prep school to be bullied because my accent was too posh.
  So in fact there is a choice for the very rich to jump the queue: Pay for treatment in the private US system.
2. 3.2 Relating to or denoting a transaction between individuals and not involving commercial organizations.
  （交易未涉及商业机构的）私下里的
  it was a private sale—no agent's commission
  这是一笔私下交易——没有房屋中介手续费。
  Example sentencesExamples
  It's a private transaction between me and the landlord/ landlady/ shopowner.
  It bans the private sale of all firearms, creates a Federal ballistics database, and much more.
  However, consumers should be careful when entering into private sales agreements.
  Sligo was shocked by the last week's private sale of Lissedell House.
  But private sales are not and buyers are left stranded if their newly-bought vehicle is not what they expected.
  This seminal case ruled that an audit was an essentially private transaction between auditor and their client.
  Last time you were here, you said the big mistake was making it a private sale and not going through a broker, right?
  A Fender Stratocaster played by Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock is believed to have sold for much more but that was in a private sale.
  Sale to a private investor is understood to be imminent.
  Since opening in March, the home has mostly relied on private donations from charitable organizations.
  Just at obscenity, the same place where the line is drawn with regard to sales for private viewing?
  Many of the females, purchased at a private sale in 1997 were shown by their new West of Ireland owners.
  If the sale is private they will be auctioned off separately.
  It has no right to look into a private transaction which was a matter between me as a lawyer and my client.
  Would you allow a private, nonliterary organization to place its logo on the cover of one your books if you were in a similar situation as Mr. Franzen?
  I know of several private sales in which homeowners have paid hundreds of thousands for a scrap of land.
  Many charters served simply to confirm previous charters, judgements or private transactions.
  I was lucky because I had a nice old landlady who thought I was nice and she sold me the property as a private sale.
  One of Northern Ireland's leading shipping companies has been sold in a private sale, it was announced today.
  Indeed, it is hard to imagine voting not being a thoroughly private transaction.

nounˈprīvitˈpraɪvɪt

1A soldier of the lowest rank, in particular an enlisted person in the US Army or Marine Corps ranking below private first class.
Example sentencesExamples
- It is essential to grow leaders from private or lieutenant to command sergeant major or general.
- He was stopped outside the camp and told the private that the Colonel was expecting him.
- And we have privates in the Army Reserve who have PhDs, as well as all of the medical providers here as part of our theater support command.
- As before, the Korean War recipients ranged from privates to lieutenant colonels, with nine army men and three Marines represented.
- Kind of a weird topic to discuss over dinner, if you ask me, but I am a lowly private without rank or feelings.
- It has 3000 soldiers, including privates, sergeants and officers.
- There is also a significant difference between an Army private from West Virginia and a deposed dictator.
- Carson sent another private to ask permission to leave their weapons with the Raiders and try to get to one of the submarines.
- In fact, the Army private did get to see his father in uniform - and in action, though it was ever so brief.
- He enlisted as a private in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1900 and was commissioned a year later.
- Even a third class pilot had more power than a private in the army.
- He later enlisted as a private in the Royal Tank Corps, before being transferred back to the RAF.
- A military investigation found the soldiers responsible for wounding a female private.
- At Fort Knox, the Armor Center trains troopers, tankers, and leaders from privates to colonels - over 20,000 a year, as a matter of fact.
- He enlisted in the Army in 1980 and was first assigned as a young private as a supply clerk in Germany.
- Abroad, the death of an army private has been followed by the murder of five innocent civilians.
- One of the key components of infusing warrior ethos and training core warrior tasks and drills is limiting the ratio of privates to drill sergeants.
- Rumor has it that an Army Air Corps private died on the site where this building was constructed.
- Of those sentenced to death, one was a former army private, one a former police commando and the third a serving army major.
- It observes the privates and lance corporals of the army, as well as its generals and marshals.
Synonyms
private soldier, common soldier
2privatesinformal
short for private parts
Example sentencesExamples
- Men, keep your hands away from your privates when viewing this, ok?
- Obviously, naming our privates is a matter of personal taste.
- ‘Hey, gimme that,’ says the second kid protecting his privates.
- It's downright sneaky of them to hang out there with their privates exposed.
- That is like believing that if you flick the privates of a rabid pit-bull it won't attack you.
- Yup, there's actually thousands of mentally abnormal people out there flashing their privates and ‘performing provocative poses’.
- The technician fumbles with my privates like it's no big deal.
- One day I am going to snap because of some animal suddenly rubbing my privates with its face.
- Its front cover shows a naked man aggressively clutching his privates, while the inner sleeve has an array of expletives and sexual suggestions.
- I think I'd actually rather flash my privates than appear in public in creased clothing.

Phrases

in private

With no one else present.
非公开地，私下地；秘密地
I've got to talk to you in private
我得私下和你谈谈。
Example sentencesExamples
- Rome has an obsession with secrecy - a lot goes on in private but it need not.
- The meeting is being held in private, with only creditors allowed to attend.
- When it comes to actually dealing with death and the dead, even in public, we do so in private.
- Yesterday, Manchester city council's executive met in private to agree the deal.
- There is even a coffee table and two armchairs if you want to chat with your girlfriend in private.
- The special meeting was being held in private because of the commercial sensitivity of the project.
- The GMC panel held much of the hearing in private, but ruled its decision could be made public.
- The judge was today hearing a bail application on Colin's behalf in private.
- Most British ambassadors would have huffed and puffed in private, and said nothing in public.
- The problem for those seeking clarity is that much of the direct policy lobbying takes place in private.
Synonyms
in secret, secretly, in secrecy, privately, behind closed doors, in camera, with no one else present

Origin

Late 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’.

词汇	private
释义	Definition of private in English: private adjective ˈprʌɪvətˈpraɪvɪt 1Belonging to or for the use of one particular person or group of people only. 私人的，私有的；独用的 all bedrooms have private facilities 所有卧室都有独用卫生设备。 his private plane 他的私人飞机。 Example sentencesExamples About a month ago I flew into Amsterdam with them, on this tiny private plane. The Mexican authorities demanded she be put on a private plane, while the Brazilians booked her on a regular commercial flight. For golfers who belong to private clubs, getting a handicap is routine. He was forced to relinquish his share of a private plane. Darknets are gated communities that run on the Internet but are open only to those who belong to the private network. He assures me this is one of the safest private planes ever built. It's a facility that's widely used and currently caters for several private planes. Well-maintained private resort facilities are also available around the CTR. In February two Scots were jailed for a total of ten years in France after they were caught using a private plane to smuggle drugs into Scotland. Had they chartered a private plane to fly them en masse to Edinburgh? So I take all sorts of planes, from private jet to EasyJet. But the reason not everyone has a helicopter or a private plane is only partly the expense and inconvenience. They fly around on a 757 and burn more fuel than most average private planes! For at least the first ten years of my life he kept a private plane. In fact, in Australia, fewer women belong to private golf clubs now than they did 20 years ago. The prank revolved around Michael getting on a private plane only to find out it was falling apart. The present complex features a restaurant and a lodge with eight beautifully equipped bedrooms with private facilities. I am rather amazed that anyone questions the right of people to invite whom they choose to their private parties. All cabins with full private facilities, including air conditioning The road was once a private avenue and belonged to the Church of Our Lady of Health. I heard one guy say today that he thinks he enjoyed coming here just because he had a private plane to bring him. Synonyms personal, one's own, individual, particular, special, exclusive, privately owned 1.1 (of a conversation, activity, or gathering) involving only a particular person or group, and often dealing with matters that are not to be disclosed to others. （情形，活动，聚会）私人的，非公开的 this is a private conversation 这是一次密谈。 a small private service in the chapel 小教堂中的小型私人礼拜。 Example sentencesExamples The group is available for private functions by arrangement with Mr Powell. Weddings, party nights and private functions already booked will now have to be rearranged. There was a private function on but I thought I could just mingle in. Under 18's will only be permitted in a pub after 9pm for private functions at which meals are served. While plans are still at an early age, MSPs have ruled out the use of any space for private functions such as parties or weddings. We were in the beer garden outside a pub on the Thames, and there was a private function in a sectioned off part of the ‘garden’. The group will travel this Saturday to Goresbridge, Co Kilkenny, to attend a private function. The hall is owned by Braintree Council and is let out for private functions. Later, however, he admitted that regular private functions (probably at least once a week) would not be so quiet. There were no interviews inside the hotel, the press was told by handlers: this was a private function. I was once working a private function, and four of us were slammed with about 150 cars arriving at the same time. Synonyms confidential, strictly confidential, secret, top secret, classified, unofficial, off the record, not for publication, not to be made public, not to be disclosed, closet backstage, offstage, privileged, one-on-one, tête-à-tête covert, clandestine, surreptitious Latin in camera informal hush-hush 1.2 (of thoughts and feelings) not to be revealed to others. （思想，感情）非公开的，秘密的 she felt awkward at intruding on private grief 她因触及他人的个人忧伤而感到尴尬。 Example sentencesExamples It flourishes on the back of faxes and in the margins of copybooks, doodles reveal a billion private boredoms. Even if his visit were motivated by his private feelings, he ought to bear in mind his position as prime minister. A source of aggravation could be your temporary inability to sort out intensely private feelings. The benches in the locker room sit up against the lockers for a more private feeling. It went from private feelings of bitterness into a tidal wave of protest that forced its way into the mainstream. Whatever his private feelings, he came up with exactly the correct understatement for the Cenotaph. Each of us had to learn to cope with the loss in his own private way. She is a hunter too, but whatever her private feelings, she knows that the law must be upheld. Still, it was more anger and private anguish than surprise that made her turn to look at him sharply. Yet, again, she published a poem at odds with her most private feelings. How far do private feelings and sentiments influence decisions that are intended to impact society as a whole? It is clear that personal attacks hurt, and he protects his private life and private feelings very closely. A world where private feelings are private and even very old friends and colleagues call each other by title and surname. No word on how the wife liked having her private feelings turned into a giant political display. On the one hand his patience had been delightfully rewarded, but on the other hand he had intruded on their private pleasures and had alarmed them. He is expected to recall his private fears that he had been a ‘bad parent’. My mixed emotions were private, and I felt incredibly bare each time I felt the need to tell her. Was I now so comfortable in a synagogue or holy site that I could let my private feelings show? And he tells us of his grey periods, too, just as we would share our private grief with close friends. But the murder of the two ten-year-old Soham girls has sent shockwaves of grief far beyond the private agony of their families. Synonyms intimate, personal, secret innermost, inward, unspoken, undeclared, undisclosed, unvoiced, sneaking, hidden 1.3 (of a person) choosing not to reveal their thoughts and feelings to others. （人）喜欢孤独的 he was a very private man 他很孤僻。 Example sentencesExamples What and how you think should be private unless you choose to share it. She was a private person, often revealing herself more in her drawings than in anything she said. The extraordinary thing is that this man with an opportunity to be paraded about in the public eye has chosen to remain private. Friends recall him as a private man, a man who did not often reveal his feelings. My mom chooses to be more private, and she lives in the western part of the United States. However, the reason is intensely private: I choose to protect my melancholy object by not naming it publicly. Synonyms reserved, introvert, introverted, self-contained, reticent, discreet, uncommunicative, non-communicative, media-shy, unforthcoming, secretive, retiring, ungregarious, unsocial, unsociable, withdrawn, solitary, insular, reclusive, hermit-like, hermitic 1.4 (of a place) quiet and free from people who may interrupt. （地方）隐退的；隐蔽的；隔离的 can we go somewhere a little more private? 我们能否到更隐蔽的地方去？ Example sentencesExamples Most poignantly, Frusciante stands stagefront with his eyes closed, lashing out searing solos that seem to come from a very private place. You might also want to designate a quiet, private space where you can dim the lights and play your favorite relaxing music. As if by instinct, he retreats to the woodshed, a quiet and private place where he sometimes goes just to sit and think. It's a bird watcher's haven, a private place for retreats and most importantly a community project. If you're in a private place, it's a different story - but is still covered by existing law. Find a private place where you start to release anger safely by screaming, hitting a pillow, or by crying - you may need the help of a therapist. I try to tell her that I am fourteen and should have some things I can call my own in a private place like my bedroom. All you can do is ensure you have enough food, a smile on your face, and a very private place to scream expletives at the top of your lungs. Once a day lacqueys brought us food and water and took us to a more private place to go to the bathroom. On the one hand, he often drew aside into a private place (such as a mountain) to spend time communing with his Father. The stage is set in three connected spaces that represent a private place for each of the women. So they kept the grassy field and my father uses it as a private place to eat his meals when he wants to be alone. It was her private place she came to whenever she had a spare moment to herself. It works best sky clad (for obvious reasons) so it's good to do in a private place. I don't know why I had brought Scarlett, as this was my private place, but something had just urged me to do it. The park was not a private place, but at night it was a good place to let you think, if you needed to escape for a minute or two. Edwin and Nancy headed down to the gardens to find a private place for Nancy to sober up. We didn't go where we normally go; we went out into the country to a little private place. Discover a private place of solitude and get in touch with your inner emotions and thoughts through body awareness. We had been told at NIDA to hold in everything until we were in a private place, and not to show anyone any signs of how we felt or anything. Synonyms secluded, secret, quiet, undisturbed, concealed, hidden, remote, isolated, out of the way, sequestered 1.5predicative (especially of two people) alone and undisturbed by others. （尤指两人）单独的 we can phone from the library—we'll be private in there 我们可以从书房打电话——在那里我们可以不受干扰。 Example sentencesExamples In the absence of tragedy and terror, they were left undisturbed to create private, coded worlds. He needed some private moments alone to reshuffle his current emotions. So most of that stuff is just kind of a way for me to be private, and alone, and my daughter rides horses, and my wife does. "Could we go somewhere private to talk? What Caroline didn't know was that he took a lease on the entire floor so they may be private when they chose to be. Synonyms undisturbed, uninterrupted, without disturbance, without interruption alone, by ourselves 2(of a person) having no official or public role or position. （人）无官职的；非官职的 the paintings were sold to a private collector 那些画被卖给了一位民间收藏家。 Example sentencesExamples If memory serves me right DN1 belonged to a private car owner who bequeathed the number plate to the City of York. These are issues that Bulgarian public servants and private citizens must address. The achievement of these goals depends on cooperation by public and private leaders. Despite his poor health, the pontiff has a busy agenda, with regular public appearances and private audiences. In 1856 he took up a position as a private tutor close to Washington and he often travelled to that city to study mathematics in the libraries there. Future revenue would be paid to private individuals, and public spending would be financed by income tax. I am disturbed that under this new parliament we are seeing a private individual buying public opinion. Israel encourages concealed-carry of handguns in public by private citizens. This is rubbish - people are quite prepared to chip in as private individuals to public monuments that they support. Great effort is made to show both the public and the private man - the mortal life behind that immortal name. Legislation in all states covers public as well as private employees. In Texas a single faculty member spoke through the public media as a private citizen. All our funding is matched by money from public or private partners and the local community is heavily involved in the decision-making. A not-for-profit trust will not achieve savings if it uses private builders and public workers. In a moment, the word was flashing across radio and TV nets to military officials and private citizens. Every individual should also be able to ascertain which public authorities or private individuals or bodies control or may control their files. If he wants you to act a poor man, a cripple, a public official, or a private person, see that you act it with skill. The public fall of a private person is nothing new in our age or any other. Anyone can access it: companies big and small, public institutions and private individuals. Thus we each live a double life: equal public citizens and atomistic private individuals. 2.1 Not connected with one's work or official position. 与官职无关的 the ambassador visited the school in a private capacity Example sentencesExamples Often there is no connection between one's private behavior and political positions. Yes, one of my staff attended the awards dinner in a private capacity. By contrast, expert witness immunity is not available to a party who acts as an assessor or mediator in an entirely private capacity. Russell maintained that his private affairs had nothing to do with the performance of his professional duties. Hong visited the North in a private capacity, but this is the first time for a senior official of a pro-Seoul organization to go there. Mayors and top provincial officials from China have visited Taiwan in the past, but they did so in a private capacity. And it objected to any journalists attending the taping yesterday, even in a private capacity. The ambassador visited the school in a private capacity as a guest of the Indus International School. The salaries, together with expenses, will be in addition to the money they earn in their private capacity. But none of them answered a question about how each of the trusts is constituted if it is a trust in a private capacity. Lee said that he was visiting Taiwan in a private capacity. He has yet to announce whether he will go in a private capacity, but his aides have hinted he probably will not do so. And he emphasises he is making his comments in his private capacity. Gifts received in a private capacity by Royals were treated in the same way as gifts to anyone else, he said. This was so whether or not the accused was abroad on official business or in a private capacity. In my view a councillor would not be undertaking activities in an official capacity if he attended a meeting solely in his private capacity. Washington issued the visa despite strong protests from China, arguing that Tang was visiting in a private capacity. But you should not interfere with the private affairs of Professor Yang. Two people, who are nonsubvented, have chosen to remain living at Dromore in a private capacity. Gardaí in Killarney stressed they were here in a private capacity and not part of an official Swedish army party. Synonyms unofficial, personal, non-official, non-public 3(of a service or industry) provided or owned by an individual or an independent, commercial company rather than the state. （服务，行业）私营的，民营的 this research was carried out by private industry 私营企业从事的研究项目。 Example sentencesExamples You could even take the concept into private industry: Ramadan Inn has a ring to it. Not to worry, Miller will sort out private industry, those economy wreckers and get us down to 5 cents a gallon for gas. The problem is that some powerful lobby groups seem dead set against new technologies just because they are new, and promoted by private industry. I came into politics from private industry; and the government could learn a lot about cutting costs. Still, private industry may yet take some cues, and then develop that beyond what the institute can do on its own. In fact this was nothing more than a way of deflecting criticism away from the state while at the same time providing profits for private industry. She said the arrest involved only shares belonging to private shareholders but refused to elaborate. I do not see signs of significant sums coming from private industry. But that case does not assist in deciding whether the private service provider is itself amenable to judicial review. Citizens are asking for the same level of service from government that they get from private industry. It will roll out in the remaining private industries before the end of the year. So it turned to private industry to provide the extra manpower needed to implement the program. The CFS feels that part of the problem lies with the transfer of the CSLP to a private service provider. The development would be in two stages and would consist of commercial, public and private services. Key details of what proportion of costs will be met by the taxpayer and by private industry have yet to be finalised. Pretty soon you'll have to pay royalties for your thoughts benevolently loaned to you by private industry. The Government is to tap private industry in an effort to build trade links and swap skills with the world's poorest countries. Setthapol was nominated and elected by the more than 20 committee members who all belong to the private business sector. But more business doctoral grads are entering private industry rather than academia. Planned economic growth was accompanied by the socialization of agriculture and of private commerce and industry. Synonyms independent, non-state-controlled, non-state-run, privatized, denationalized, non-public, commercial, private-enterprise 3.1 (of education or medical treatment) conducted outside the state system and charging fees to those who make use of it. （教育，医疗）私立的 private education 私立学校教育。 if I could afford it I'd go private 如果我出得起钱，我宁愿上私立学校。 Example sentencesExamples So in fact there is a choice for the very rich to jump the queue: Pay for treatment in the private US system. Hospitals, NHS or private, would charge insurers for their services. Both also have private practices and perform infertility treatment at the private Assuta Hospital and Herzliya Medical Centre. The patient was unable to afford the full cost of private treatment and was told that he would have to be denied the drug. Should you stay in the public system or go private with your medical insurance? Here we take a look at nursery schools in the state and private education systems, as well as community projects run by other parents. NHS treatment is attractive to patients because the charges are lower than private treatment, sometimes significantly. Thank goodness we had a bit of money put by and were able to pay for private treatment. Yet if you were taken ill in the United States, for example, the cost of private medical treatment could be ruinous. Milburn also announced a major extension of private treatment within the NHS. And Hewitt has not relented on diverting billions of pounds from NHS trusts to private treatment centres. Meanwhile the other part of their Party wants to change our NHS for a system of compulsory private medical insurance. It also gives some idea of the high cost of private medical treatment in this country. Bupa and several other companies offer private medical healthcare and are worth considering. This is all very well for those who can afford private treatment but millions of people can't. The dental hospital is the last resort for those are can't find a dentist to treat them on the NHS and cannot afford private treatment. Getting private treatment for infertility can be very expensive, and there is no guarantee it will be successful. I was at Harrow County grammar where I'd arrived two years earlier from a private prep school to be bullied because my accent was too posh. The problem is compounded by the ban on general practitioners giving private prescription to their NHS patients. Finally, he faced the embarrassment of being asked to pay for private treatment. 3.2 Relating to or denoting a transaction between individuals and not involving commercial organizations. （交易未涉及商业机构的）私下里的 it was a private sale—no estate agent's commission 这是一笔私下交易——没有房屋中介手续费。 Example sentencesExamples This seminal case ruled that an audit was an essentially private transaction between auditor and their client. Would you allow a private, nonliterary organization to place its logo on the cover of one your books if you were in a similar situation as Mr. Franzen? However, consumers should be careful when entering into private sales agreements. Indeed, it is hard to imagine voting not being a thoroughly private transaction. But private sales are not and buyers are left stranded if their newly-bought vehicle is not what they expected. I was lucky because I had a nice old landlady who thought I was nice and she sold me the property as a private sale. Sligo was shocked by the last week's private sale of Lissedell House. It bans the private sale of all firearms, creates a Federal ballistics database, and much more. Since opening in March, the home has mostly relied on private donations from charitable organizations. One of Northern Ireland's leading shipping companies has been sold in a private sale, it was announced today. If the sale is private they will be auctioned off separately. A Fender Stratocaster played by Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock is believed to have sold for much more but that was in a private sale. Sale to a private investor is understood to be imminent. Just at obscenity, the same place where the line is drawn with regard to sales for private viewing? I know of several private sales in which homeowners have paid hundreds of thousands for a scrap of land. It has no right to look into a private transaction which was a matter between me as a lawyer and my client. Many of the females, purchased at a private sale in 1997 were shown by their new West of Ireland owners. Last time you were here, you said the big mistake was making it a private sale and not going through a broker, right? It's a private transaction between me and the landlord/ landlady/ shopowner. Many charters served simply to confirm previous charters, judgements or private transactions. noun ˈprʌɪvətˈpraɪvɪt 1The lowest rank in the army, below lance corporal or private first class. 士兵；列兵；陆军二等兵 Example sentencesExamples He was stopped outside the camp and told the private that the Colonel was expecting him. It is essential to grow leaders from private or lieutenant to command sergeant major or general. He enlisted as a private in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1900 and was commissioned a year later. Kind of a weird topic to discuss over dinner, if you ask me, but I am a lowly private without rank or feelings. At Fort Knox, the Armor Center trains troopers, tankers, and leaders from privates to colonels - over 20,000 a year, as a matter of fact. He enlisted in the Army in 1980 and was first assigned as a young private as a supply clerk in Germany. Of those sentenced to death, one was a former army private, one a former police commando and the third a serving army major. It has 3000 soldiers, including privates, sergeants and officers. It observes the privates and lance corporals of the army, as well as its generals and marshals. Rumor has it that an Army Air Corps private died on the site where this building was constructed. As before, the Korean War recipients ranged from privates to lieutenant colonels, with nine army men and three Marines represented. Even a third class pilot had more power than a private in the army. There is also a significant difference between an Army private from West Virginia and a deposed dictator. One of the key components of infusing warrior ethos and training core warrior tasks and drills is limiting the ratio of privates to drill sergeants. Abroad, the death of an army private has been followed by the murder of five innocent civilians. He later enlisted as a private in the Royal Tank Corps, before being transferred back to the RAF. And we have privates in the Army Reserve who have PhDs, as well as all of the medical providers here as part of our theater support command. Carson sent another private to ask permission to leave their weapons with the Raiders and try to get to one of the submarines. A military investigation found the soldiers responsible for wounding a female private. In fact, the Army private did get to see his father in uniform - and in action, though it was ever so brief. Synonyms private soldier, common soldier infantryman, foot soldier, trooper British sapper, ranker in the US GI, enlisted man French poilu Indian jawan British informal Tommy, squaddie, Tommy Atkins North American informal grunt, buck private Australian/New Zealand informal digger South African informal troopie archaic swad, swaddy 2privatesinformal short for private parts Example sentencesExamples Obviously, naming our privates is a matter of personal taste. Men, keep your hands away from your privates when viewing this, ok? Yup, there's actually thousands of mentally abnormal people out there flashing their privates and ‘performing provocative poses’. It's downright sneaky of them to hang out there with their privates exposed. One day I am going to snap because of some animal suddenly rubbing my privates with its face. I think I'd actually rather flash my privates than appear in public in creased clothing. The technician fumbles with my privates like it's no big deal. Its front cover shows a naked man aggressively clutching his privates, while the inner sleeve has an array of expletives and sexual suggestions. ‘Hey, gimme that,’ says the second kid protecting his privates. That is like believing that if you flick the privates of a rabid pit-bull it won't attack you. Phrases in private With no one else present. 非公开地，私下地；秘密地 I've got to talk to you in private 我得私下和你谈谈。 Example sentencesExamples There is even a coffee table and two armchairs if you want to chat with your girlfriend in private. The problem for those seeking clarity is that much of the direct policy lobbying takes place in private. The special meeting was being held in private because of the commercial sensitivity of the project. The GMC panel held much of the hearing in private, but ruled its decision could be made public. Most British ambassadors would have huffed and puffed in private, and said nothing in public. Yesterday, Manchester city council's executive met in private to agree the deal. When it comes to actually dealing with death and the dead, even in public, we do so in private. Rome has an obsession with secrecy - a lot goes on in private but it need not. The judge was today hearing a bail application on Colin's behalf in private. The meeting is being held in private, with only creditors allowed to attend. Synonyms in secret, secretly, in secrecy, privately, behind closed doors, in camera, with no one else present Origin Late 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'. Someone who is private has literally ‘withdrawn from public life’ and is acting as an ordinary citizen—that is the meaning of the Latin root, from privare ‘to bereave, deprive’ from privus ‘single, individual’. It is also the root of deprive (Middle English), privilege (Middle English), and privation (Middle English). In the army privates are ordinary soldiers as opposed to officers. They were originally, from the 1570s, private soldiers. Privates meaning ‘the genitals’ is first recorded in around 1450. Back in the 13th century privy, which is from the same root, meant ‘belonging to your own private circle’. The meaning ‘a lavatory’ is as old and comes from the idea of this being a private place. adj.1 phr. Definition of private in US English: private adjectiveˈprīvitˈpraɪvɪt 1Belonging to or for the use of one particular person or group of people only. 私人的，私有的；独用的 all bedrooms have private facilities 所有卧室都有独用卫生设备。 his private plane 他的私人飞机。 Example sentencesExamples About a month ago I flew into Amsterdam with them, on this tiny private plane. The present complex features a restaurant and a lodge with eight beautifully equipped bedrooms with private facilities. The road was once a private avenue and belonged to the Church of Our Lady of Health. It's a facility that's widely used and currently caters for several private planes. So I take all sorts of planes, from private jet to EasyJet. He was forced to relinquish his share of a private plane. I heard one guy say today that he thinks he enjoyed coming here just because he had a private plane to bring him. In fact, in Australia, fewer women belong to private golf clubs now than they did 20 years ago. In February two Scots were jailed for a total of ten years in France after they were caught using a private plane to smuggle drugs into Scotland. The Mexican authorities demanded she be put on a private plane, while the Brazilians booked her on a regular commercial flight. The prank revolved around Michael getting on a private plane only to find out it was falling apart. But the reason not everyone has a helicopter or a private plane is only partly the expense and inconvenience. I am rather amazed that anyone questions the right of people to invite whom they choose to their private parties. For at least the first ten years of my life he kept a private plane. Had they chartered a private plane to fly them en masse to Edinburgh? They fly around on a 757 and burn more fuel than most average private planes! For golfers who belong to private clubs, getting a handicap is routine. Darknets are gated communities that run on the Internet but are open only to those who belong to the private network. All cabins with full private facilities, including air conditioning Well-maintained private resort facilities are also available around the CTR. He assures me this is one of the safest private planes ever built. Synonyms personal, one's own, individual, particular, special, exclusive, privately owned 1.1 (of a situation, activity, or gathering) affecting or involving only a particular person or group of people. （情形，活动，聚会）私人的，非公开的 a small private service in the chapel 小教堂中的小型私人礼拜。 Example sentencesExamples We were in the beer garden outside a pub on the Thames, and there was a private function in a sectioned off part of the ‘garden’. There was a private function on but I thought I could just mingle in. I was once working a private function, and four of us were slammed with about 150 cars arriving at the same time. The group will travel this Saturday to Goresbridge, Co Kilkenny, to attend a private function. Under 18's will only be permitted in a pub after 9pm for private functions at which meals are served. Later, however, he admitted that regular private functions (probably at least once a week) would not be so quiet. The group is available for private functions by arrangement with Mr Powell. Weddings, party nights and private functions already booked will now have to be rearranged. While plans are still at an early age, MSPs have ruled out the use of any space for private functions such as parties or weddings. The hall is owned by Braintree Council and is let out for private functions. There were no interviews inside the hotel, the press was told by handlers: this was a private function. Synonyms confidential, strictly confidential, secret, top secret, classified, unofficial, off the record, not for publication, not to be made public, not to be disclosed, closet 1.2 (of thoughts and feelings) not to be shared with or revealed to others. （思想，感情）非公开的，秘密的 she felt awkward intruding on private grief 她因触及他人的个人忧伤而感到尴尬。 Example sentencesExamples It flourishes on the back of faxes and in the margins of copybooks, doodles reveal a billion private boredoms. A source of aggravation could be your temporary inability to sort out intensely private feelings. No word on how the wife liked having her private feelings turned into a giant political display. My mixed emotions were private, and I felt incredibly bare each time I felt the need to tell her. Each of us had to learn to cope with the loss in his own private way. It is clear that personal attacks hurt, and he protects his private life and private feelings very closely. How far do private feelings and sentiments influence decisions that are intended to impact society as a whole? Yet, again, she published a poem at odds with her most private feelings. She is a hunter too, but whatever her private feelings, she knows that the law must be upheld. Even if his visit were motivated by his private feelings, he ought to bear in mind his position as prime minister. But the murder of the two ten-year-old Soham girls has sent shockwaves of grief far beyond the private agony of their families. He is expected to recall his private fears that he had been a ‘bad parent’. Whatever his private feelings, he came up with exactly the correct understatement for the Cenotaph. The benches in the locker room sit up against the lockers for a more private feeling. It went from private feelings of bitterness into a tidal wave of protest that forced its way into the mainstream. Was I now so comfortable in a synagogue or holy site that I could let my private feelings show? On the one hand his patience had been delightfully rewarded, but on the other hand he had intruded on their private pleasures and had alarmed them. A world where private feelings are private and even very old friends and colleagues call each other by title and surname. And he tells us of his grey periods, too, just as we would share our private grief with close friends. Still, it was more anger and private anguish than surprise that made her turn to look at him sharply. Synonyms intimate, personal, secret 1.3 (of a person) not choosing to share thoughts and feelings with others. （人）喜欢孤独的 he was a very private man 他很孤僻。 Example sentencesExamples My mom chooses to be more private, and she lives in the western part of the United States. She was a private person, often revealing herself more in her drawings than in anything she said. The extraordinary thing is that this man with an opportunity to be paraded about in the public eye has chosen to remain private. What and how you think should be private unless you choose to share it. Friends recall him as a private man, a man who did not often reveal his feelings. However, the reason is intensely private: I choose to protect my melancholy object by not naming it publicly. Synonyms reserved, introvert, introverted, self-contained, reticent, discreet, uncommunicative, non-communicative, media-shy, unforthcoming, secretive, retiring, ungregarious, unsocial, unsociable, withdrawn, solitary, insular, reclusive, hermit-like, hermitic 1.4 (of a meeting or discussion) involving only a small number of people and dealing with matters that are not to be disclosed to others. （聚会，讨论）私下的；保密的 this is a private conversation 这是一次密谈。 Example sentencesExamples The Ministry of Defence declined to be drawn on what would be discussed, describing the meeting as private. When the seamstress comes for your summer fitting, you and she will have a private meeting to discuss it. Wherever she held a meeting, private homes, churches or town halls, there would be a good turnout. The meeting would be private, only the governor and his absolute most trusted advisors would be attending. Second, I'm launching a private Grand Rounds discussion forum on Google Groups. 1.5 (of a place) quiet and free from people who can interrupt. （地方）隐退的；隐蔽的；隔离的 can we go somewhere a little more private? 我们能否到更隐蔽的地方去？ Example sentencesExamples You might also want to designate a quiet, private space where you can dim the lights and play your favorite relaxing music. Discover a private place of solitude and get in touch with your inner emotions and thoughts through body awareness. As if by instinct, he retreats to the woodshed, a quiet and private place where he sometimes goes just to sit and think. I try to tell her that I am fourteen and should have some things I can call my own in a private place like my bedroom. It works best sky clad (for obvious reasons) so it's good to do in a private place. Once a day lacqueys brought us food and water and took us to a more private place to go to the bathroom. It was her private place she came to whenever she had a spare moment to herself. We had been told at NIDA to hold in everything until we were in a private place, and not to show anyone any signs of how we felt or anything. It's a bird watcher's haven, a private place for retreats and most importantly a community project. The park was not a private place, but at night it was a good place to let you think, if you needed to escape for a minute or two. Find a private place where you start to release anger safely by screaming, hitting a pillow, or by crying - you may need the help of a therapist. All you can do is ensure you have enough food, a smile on your face, and a very private place to scream expletives at the top of your lungs. On the one hand, he often drew aside into a private place (such as a mountain) to spend time communing with his Father. So they kept the grassy field and my father uses it as a private place to eat his meals when he wants to be alone. If you're in a private place, it's a different story - but is still covered by existing law. Edwin and Nancy headed down to the gardens to find a private place for Nancy to sober up. Most poignantly, Frusciante stands stagefront with his eyes closed, lashing out searing solos that seem to come from a very private place. I don't know why I had brought Scarlett, as this was my private place, but something had just urged me to do it. We didn't go where we normally go; we went out into the country to a little private place. The stage is set in three connected spaces that represent a private place for each of the women. Synonyms secluded, secret, quiet, undisturbed, concealed, hidden, remote, isolated, out of the way, sequestered 2(of a person) having no official or public role or position. （人）无官职的；非官职的 the paintings were sold to a private collector 那些画被卖给了一位民间收藏家。 Example sentencesExamples All our funding is matched by money from public or private partners and the local community is heavily involved in the decision-making. In 1856 he took up a position as a private tutor close to Washington and he often travelled to that city to study mathematics in the libraries there. Legislation in all states covers public as well as private employees. The public fall of a private person is nothing new in our age or any other. Great effort is made to show both the public and the private man - the mortal life behind that immortal name. A not-for-profit trust will not achieve savings if it uses private builders and public workers. In Texas a single faculty member spoke through the public media as a private citizen. In a moment, the word was flashing across radio and TV nets to military officials and private citizens. The achievement of these goals depends on cooperation by public and private leaders. Thus we each live a double life: equal public citizens and atomistic private individuals. Future revenue would be paid to private individuals, and public spending would be financed by income tax. These are issues that Bulgarian public servants and private citizens must address. If he wants you to act a poor man, a cripple, a public official, or a private person, see that you act it with skill. Israel encourages concealed-carry of handguns in public by private citizens. Despite his poor health, the pontiff has a busy agenda, with regular public appearances and private audiences. This is rubbish - people are quite prepared to chip in as private individuals to public monuments that they support. Anyone can access it: companies big and small, public institutions and private individuals. If memory serves me right DN1 belonged to a private car owner who bequeathed the number plate to the City of York. I am disturbed that under this new parliament we are seeing a private individual buying public opinion. Every individual should also be able to ascertain which public authorities or private individuals or bodies control or may control their files. 2.1 Not connected with one's work or official position. 与官职无关的 he would continue to represent her in a private capacity as advisor and confidant Example sentencesExamples The salaries, together with expenses, will be in addition to the money they earn in their private capacity. This was so whether or not the accused was abroad on official business or in a private capacity. Hong visited the North in a private capacity, but this is the first time for a senior official of a pro-Seoul organization to go there. But you should not interfere with the private affairs of Professor Yang. And he emphasises he is making his comments in his private capacity. Russell maintained that his private affairs had nothing to do with the performance of his professional duties. In my view a councillor would not be undertaking activities in an official capacity if he attended a meeting solely in his private capacity. Lee said that he was visiting Taiwan in a private capacity. Two people, who are nonsubvented, have chosen to remain living at Dromore in a private capacity. Washington issued the visa despite strong protests from China, arguing that Tang was visiting in a private capacity. Yes, one of my staff attended the awards dinner in a private capacity. Gardaí in Killarney stressed they were here in a private capacity and not part of an official Swedish army party. And it objected to any journalists attending the taping yesterday, even in a private capacity. By contrast, expert witness immunity is not available to a party who acts as an assessor or mediator in an entirely private capacity. But none of them answered a question about how each of the trusts is constituted if it is a trust in a private capacity. The ambassador visited the school in a private capacity as a guest of the Indus International School. Often there is no connection between one's private behavior and political positions. Mayors and top provincial officials from China have visited Taiwan in the past, but they did so in a private capacity. Gifts received in a private capacity by Royals were treated in the same way as gifts to anyone else, he said. He has yet to announce whether he will go in a private capacity, but his aides have hinted he probably will not do so. Synonyms unofficial, personal, non-official, non-public 3(of a service or industry) provided or owned by an individual or an independent, commercial company rather than by the government. （服务，行业）私营的，民营的 research projects carried out by private industry 私营企业从事的研究项目。 more than 1,400 state enterprises that were about to go private Example sentencesExamples The development would be in two stages and would consist of commercial, public and private services. In fact this was nothing more than a way of deflecting criticism away from the state while at the same time providing profits for private industry. Pretty soon you'll have to pay royalties for your thoughts benevolently loaned to you by private industry. Still, private industry may yet take some cues, and then develop that beyond what the institute can do on its own. The problem is that some powerful lobby groups seem dead set against new technologies just because they are new, and promoted by private industry. It will roll out in the remaining private industries before the end of the year. But more business doctoral grads are entering private industry rather than academia. She said the arrest involved only shares belonging to private shareholders but refused to elaborate. But that case does not assist in deciding whether the private service provider is itself amenable to judicial review. Setthapol was nominated and elected by the more than 20 committee members who all belong to the private business sector. I came into politics from private industry; and the government could learn a lot about cutting costs. Planned economic growth was accompanied by the socialization of agriculture and of private commerce and industry. Key details of what proportion of costs will be met by the taxpayer and by private industry have yet to be finalised. Not to worry, Miller will sort out private industry, those economy wreckers and get us down to 5 cents a gallon for gas. The CFS feels that part of the problem lies with the transfer of the CSLP to a private service provider. Citizens are asking for the same level of service from government that they get from private industry. So it turned to private industry to provide the extra manpower needed to implement the program. The Government is to tap private industry in an effort to build trade links and swap skills with the world's poorest countries. I do not see signs of significant sums coming from private industry. You could even take the concept into private industry: Ramadan Inn has a ring to it. Synonyms independent, non-state-controlled, non-state-run, privatized, denationalized, non-public, commercial, private-enterprise 3.1 Relating to a system of education or medical treatment conducted outside the system of government and charging fees to the individuals who make use of it. （教育，医疗）私立的 Example sentencesExamples The dental hospital is the last resort for those are can't find a dentist to treat them on the NHS and cannot afford private treatment. Thank goodness we had a bit of money put by and were able to pay for private treatment. Yet if you were taken ill in the United States, for example, the cost of private medical treatment could be ruinous. The patient was unable to afford the full cost of private treatment and was told that he would have to be denied the drug. Both also have private practices and perform infertility treatment at the private Assuta Hospital and Herzliya Medical Centre. Meanwhile the other part of their Party wants to change our NHS for a system of compulsory private medical insurance. Hospitals, NHS or private, would charge insurers for their services. Bupa and several other companies offer private medical healthcare and are worth considering. Finally, he faced the embarrassment of being asked to pay for private treatment. The problem is compounded by the ban on general practitioners giving private prescription to their NHS patients. This is all very well for those who can afford private treatment but millions of people can't. NHS treatment is attractive to patients because the charges are lower than private treatment, sometimes significantly. Milburn also announced a major extension of private treatment within the NHS. It also gives some idea of the high cost of private medical treatment in this country. Should you stay in the public system or go private with your medical insurance? Here we take a look at nursery schools in the state and private education systems, as well as community projects run by other parents. And Hewitt has not relented on diverting billions of pounds from NHS trusts to private treatment centres. Getting private treatment for infertility can be very expensive, and there is no guarantee it will be successful. I was at Harrow County grammar where I'd arrived two years earlier from a private prep school to be bullied because my accent was too posh. So in fact there is a choice for the very rich to jump the queue: Pay for treatment in the private US system. 3.2 Relating to or denoting a transaction between individuals and not involving commercial organizations. （交易未涉及商业机构的）私下里的 it was a private sale—no agent's commission 这是一笔私下交易——没有房屋中介手续费。 Example sentencesExamples It's a private transaction between me and the landlord/ landlady/ shopowner. It bans the private sale of all firearms, creates a Federal ballistics database, and much more. However, consumers should be careful when entering into private sales agreements. Sligo was shocked by the last week's private sale of Lissedell House. But private sales are not and buyers are left stranded if their newly-bought vehicle is not what they expected. This seminal case ruled that an audit was an essentially private transaction between auditor and their client. Last time you were here, you said the big mistake was making it a private sale and not going through a broker, right? A Fender Stratocaster played by Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock is believed to have sold for much more but that was in a private sale. Sale to a private investor is understood to be imminent. Since opening in March, the home has mostly relied on private donations from charitable organizations. Just at obscenity, the same place where the line is drawn with regard to sales for private viewing? Many of the females, purchased at a private sale in 1997 were shown by their new West of Ireland owners. If the sale is private they will be auctioned off separately. It has no right to look into a private transaction which was a matter between me as a lawyer and my client. Would you allow a private, nonliterary organization to place its logo on the cover of one your books if you were in a similar situation as Mr. Franzen? I know of several private sales in which homeowners have paid hundreds of thousands for a scrap of land. Many charters served simply to confirm previous charters, judgements or private transactions. I was lucky because I had a nice old landlady who thought I was nice and she sold me the property as a private sale. One of Northern Ireland's leading shipping companies has been sold in a private sale, it was announced today. Indeed, it is hard to imagine voting not being a thoroughly private transaction. nounˈprīvitˈpraɪvɪt 1A soldier of the lowest rank, in particular an enlisted person in the US Army or Marine Corps ranking below private first class. Example sentencesExamples It is essential to grow leaders from private or lieutenant to command sergeant major or general. He was stopped outside the camp and told the private that the Colonel was expecting him. And we have privates in the Army Reserve who have PhDs, as well as all of the medical providers here as part of our theater support command. As before, the Korean War recipients ranged from privates to lieutenant colonels, with nine army men and three Marines represented. Kind of a weird topic to discuss over dinner, if you ask me, but I am a lowly private without rank or feelings. It has 3000 soldiers, including privates, sergeants and officers. There is also a significant difference between an Army private from West Virginia and a deposed dictator. Carson sent another private to ask permission to leave their weapons with the Raiders and try to get to one of the submarines. In fact, the Army private did get to see his father in uniform - and in action, though it was ever so brief. He enlisted as a private in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1900 and was commissioned a year later. Even a third class pilot had more power than a private in the army. He later enlisted as a private in the Royal Tank Corps, before being transferred back to the RAF. A military investigation found the soldiers responsible for wounding a female private. At Fort Knox, the Armor Center trains troopers, tankers, and leaders from privates to colonels - over 20,000 a year, as a matter of fact. He enlisted in the Army in 1980 and was first assigned as a young private as a supply clerk in Germany. Abroad, the death of an army private has been followed by the murder of five innocent civilians. One of the key components of infusing warrior ethos and training core warrior tasks and drills is limiting the ratio of privates to drill sergeants. Rumor has it that an Army Air Corps private died on the site where this building was constructed. Of those sentenced to death, one was a former army private, one a former police commando and the third a serving army major. It observes the privates and lance corporals of the army, as well as its generals and marshals. Synonyms private soldier, common soldier 2privatesinformal short for private parts Example sentencesExamples Men, keep your hands away from your privates when viewing this, ok? Obviously, naming our privates is a matter of personal taste. ‘Hey, gimme that,’ says the second kid protecting his privates. It's downright sneaky of them to hang out there with their privates exposed. That is like believing that if you flick the privates of a rabid pit-bull it won't attack you. Yup, there's actually thousands of mentally abnormal people out there flashing their privates and ‘performing provocative poses’. The technician fumbles with my privates like it's no big deal. One day I am going to snap because of some animal suddenly rubbing my privates with its face. Its front cover shows a naked man aggressively clutching his privates, while the inner sleeve has an array of expletives and sexual suggestions. I think I'd actually rather flash my privates than appear in public in creased clothing. Phrases in private With no one else present. 非公开地，私下地；秘密地 I've got to talk to you in private 我得私下和你谈谈。 Example sentencesExamples Rome has an obsession with secrecy - a lot goes on in private but it need not. The meeting is being held in private, with only creditors allowed to attend. When it comes to actually dealing with death and the dead, even in public, we do so in private. Yesterday, Manchester city council's executive met in private to agree the deal. There is even a coffee table and two armchairs if you want to chat with your girlfriend in private. The special meeting was being held in private because of the commercial sensitivity of the project. The GMC panel held much of the hearing in private, but ruled its decision could be made public. The judge was today hearing a bail application on Colin's behalf in private. Most British ambassadors would have huffed and puffed in private, and said nothing in public. The problem for those seeking clarity is that much of the direct policy lobbying takes place in private. Synonyms in secret, secretly, in secrecy, privately, behind closed doors, in camera, with no one else present Origin Late 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’. adj.1 phr.
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