private
名词 n.
动词 v.
形容词 adj.
英 [ˈpʰɹaɪ̯vɪt]|[ˈpʰɹɑjvət]
美 [ˈpʰɹaɪ̯vɪt]|[ˈpʰɹɑɪ̯vɪt]
英文释义
名词 n.
- A soldier of the lowest rank in the army.
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A doctor working in privately rather than publicly funded health care.
— In the cities and towns of California, privates are pressuring county governments to close or reduce in size their hospitals and to pay private hospitals for the care of low-income patients. Thus everything is stacked against public hospitals.
- The genitals.
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A secret message; a personal unofficial communication.
— The Count Meloone, a Noble Lord of France, Whose priuate with me of the Dolphines loue, s much more generall, then these lines import.
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Personal interest; particular business.
— Nor must I be unmindful of my private.
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Privacy; retirement.
— Go off, I diſcard you: let me enioy my priuate: go off.
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One not invested with a public office.
— And what haue Kings, that Priuates haue not too,[…]
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A private lesson.
— If you want to learn ballet, consider taking privates.
动词 v.
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To make something hidden from the public (without deleting it permanently).
— During these negotiations, however, the Kleins say that Hosseinzadeh issued a copyright takedown for the video — even after it had already been privated.
形容词 adj.
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Belonging or pertaining to an individual person, group of people, or entity that is not the state.
— In some countries, healthcare is provided by both the government and private companies.
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Relating to an individual or group of individuals outside of their official roles; often, sensitive or personal.
— This book is her private journal.
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Not publicly known or divulged; secret, confidential; (of a message) intended only for a specific person or group.
— The identity of the beneficiaries of the trust is private.
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Protected from view or disturbance by others; secluded; not publicly accessible.
— Can we go somewhere more private?
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Not in governmental office or employment.
— Military secrets should not be entrusted to unreliable private individuals.
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Secretive; reserved.
— He is a very private person.
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Not traded by the public.
— private equity
- Of a room in a medical facility, not shared with another patient.
- Financially reliant on fees rather than government funding.
- Accessible only to the class itself or instances of it, and not to other classes or even subclasses.
- Of the mind or language, not in principle experienceable, knowable, or understandable by others.
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词源 1
From Middle English privat(e) (“individual, exclusive, private”), from Latin prīvātus (“bereaved, deprived, set apart from, release”), perfect passive participle of prīvō (“to bereave, deprive, release”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more), from prīvus (“private, one's own, proper”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per; compare prime, prior, pristine. Doublet of privy.
词源 2
From Middle English privat(e) (“individual, exclusive, private”), from Latin prīvātus (“bereaved, deprived, set apart from, release”), perfect passive participle of prīvō (“to bereave, deprive, release”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more), from prīvus (“private, one's own, proper”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per; compare prime, prior, pristine. Doublet of privy.
词源 3
From Middle English privat(e) (“individual, exclusive, private”), from Latin prīvātus (“bereaved, deprived, set apart from, release”), perfect passive participle of prīvō (“to bereave, deprive, release”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more), from prīvus (“private, one's own, proper”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per; compare prime, prior, pristine. Doublet of privy.
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