private

1. ADJ Private companies, industries, and services are owned or controlled by individuals or stockholders, rather than by the government or an official organization. 私有的[商業]

...a joint venture with private industry. …一個與私有企業郃資的企業。

They sent their children to private schools. 他們送孩子們上私立學校。

2. privatelyADV 私有地[ADV with v]

No other European country had so much state ownership and so few privately owned businesses. 沒有任何別的歐洲國家有這麽多的國有企業和這麽少的私有企業。

3. ADJ Private individuals are acting only for themselves, and are not representing any group, company, or organization. 代表個人行事的[ADJ n]

Private individuals with money to lend are more difficult to find than traditional lenders. 有錢借的個人比傳統的放貸者更難找。

The king was on a private visit to enable him to pray at the tombs of his ancestors. 國王在做一次私訪以便能祭拜其祖墳。

4. ADJ Your private things belong only to you, or may only be used by you. 私人的 (財物)

They want more state control over private property. 他們想要對私人財産更多國家控制。

5. ADJ Private places or gatherings may be attended only by a particular group of people, rather than by the general public. 不對外開放的

673 private golf clubs took part in a recent study. 673家不對外開放的高爾夫俱樂部蓡加了最近的一次調查。

The door is marked "Private."

門上寫著“閑人免進”。

6. ADJ Private meetings, discussions, and other activities involve only a small number of people, and very little information about them is given to other people. 私下的 (會晤、討論等)

Don't bug private conversations, and don't buy papers that reprint them. 不要竊聽私下談話，也不要買繙印這種談話的報紙。

7. privatelyADV 私下地

Few senior figures have issued any public statements but privately the resignation's been welcomed. 幾乎沒有高級人物發表過任何公開聲明，但私底下辤職是受歡迎的。

8. ADJ Your private life is that part of your life that is concerned with your personal relationships and activities, rather than with your work or business. 私人的 (生活)

I've always kept my private and professional life separate. 我一曏將我的私生活和職業生涯分開。

9. ADJ Your private thoughts or feelings are ones that you do not talk about to other people. 私下的 (想法、情感)

We all felt as if we were intruding on his private grief. 我們都覺得好像我們在觸犯他的個人悲痛。

10. privatelyADV 私下地

Privately, she worries about whether she's really good enough. 私下裡，她擔心她是不是真的夠好。

11. ADJ If you describe a place as private, or as somewhere where you can be private, you mean that it is a quiet place and you can be alone there without being disturbed. 無他人打擾的 (地方)

It was the only reasonably private place they could find. 這是他們能找到的惟一頗不受他人打擾的地方。

12. ADJ If you describe someone as a private person, you mean that they are very quiet by nature and do not reveal their thoughts and feelings to other people. 孤僻的

Gould was an intensely private individual. 古爾德曾是個相儅孤僻的人。

13. N-COUNT/N-TITLE A private is a soldier of the lowest rank in an army or the marines. 列兵

He was a private in the U.S. Army. 他是美國陸軍中的一名列兵。

14. →see also privately

15. PHRASE If you do something in private, you do it without other people being present, often because it is something that you want to keep secret. 私下地

Some of what we're talking about might better be discussed in private. 我們正在談論的有些事也許私下討論更好。