形容词私有的，私人的; 秘密的; 内心的; 平民的，无官职的，士兵的
名词列兵，士兵，[陆]二等兵; 〈古〉私人，个人; 阴部，生殖器
形容词individualconcealedsecret
形容词officialformalpublic
private
1. in private : 私下, 秘密地；
1. in private : 私下, 秘密地；
形容词
1. He made the decision in his private capacity.
他以个人身分作了决定。
2. Is there a private corner where we can sit and talk by ourselves?
这里有什么僻静的角落，可以让我们单独坐下来谈谈吗？
3. The president is paying a private visit to his neighboring country.
总统正在对邻国作非官方的访问。
4. That's my private view.
那是我个人的观点。
询问
A：This restaurant has six parking spaces.
这个餐馆有６个停车位。
B：What are the odds of finding a parking space there?
在那里找到停车位的可能性有多大？
A：But it’s private parking only.
但是，这是私人停车场。
接机
A：Mrs. Wang, You are on the third floor.
你的房间在四楼。
B：It looks very comfortable.
这里看上去很舒服。
A：You have got lovely view of Hyde Park. This is your private bathroom, and just opposite is a kitchen which all six of you share. There is common room at the end of the corridor, and a games room next door.
从这里你可以看到海德公园。这是你的个人使用的浴室，紧对面是你们6个人合用的厨房。在走廊尽头有一公共休息室，隔壁是活动房。
Apply for a school-(申请学校)
A：I’m trying to decide what school to apply for.
我在考虑申请哪一所学校。
B：Are you thinking about a public school or a private one？
是上公立学校还是私立学校？
A：I’m not sure. What’s the difference between them?
我也不知道。有什么区别？
B：Public schools are usually state funded, whereas private schools usually get their funding elsewhere.
公立学校通常是州政府投资办学，而私立学校通常是通过其他方式筹集资金。
A：Which is better?
那么哪一个更好呢？
B：One isn’t necessarily better than the other. It depends a lot on the school administration and the teachers.
不是一所就比另外一所好。这跟学校的管理和师资有很大关系。
A：I hear you have to wear unifomp3s at private schools.
我听说私立学校要穿校服。
B：Yeah, sometimes.
是，有时候是这样。
1. 列兵：如果不是战斗兵种就要参与特定兵种的管理培训课程,比如运输兵种的士官去Transport Leader Course,物资管理员的士官去Supply Supervisor Course......在校期间从列兵(Private)升为下士(Corporal),毕业后升为三等中士(3rd Sergeant),
1. （产业、服务）私立的，私有的，私营的，民营的
Private industries and services are owned or controlled by an individual person or a commercial company, rather than by the state or an official organization.
e.g. ...a joint venture with private industry...
与私营企业建立的合资企业
e.g. Bupa runs private hospitals in Britain...
保柏在英国开办私立医院。
2. 个人的；私人的
Private individuals are acting only for themselves, and are not representing any group, company, or organization.
private的解释
e.g. ...the law's insistence that private citizens are not permitted to have weapons...
法律坚持要求公民个人不得持有武器
e.g. The King was on a private visit to enable him to pray at the tombs of his ancestors...
国王以私人身份出访，以便能够祭拜先祖陵墓。
3. （财物等）个人所有的，私有的，私人的
Your private things belong only to you, or may only be used by you.
private什么意思
e.g. The landowners have had to sell their private aircraft...
这些土地所有者不得不卖掉自己的私人飞机。
e.g. They want more State control over private property...
他们希望加强国家对私有财产的控制。
4. （地方、聚会等）非公开的，私人的
Private places or gatherings may be attended only by a particular group of people, rather than by the general public.
e.g. 673 private golf clubs took part in a recent study...
673家私人高尔夫俱乐部参与了最近的研究。
e.g. The door is marked 'Private'...
这扇门上标着“私人房间”。
5. （会议、讨论、活动等）秘密的，私下的
Private meetings, discussions, and other activities involve only a small number of people, and very little information about them is given to other people.
e.g. Don't bug private conversations, and don't buy papers that reprint them.
不要窃听私人谈话，不要购买重印这些谈话的报纸。
6. （生活）私人的，个人的，与工作无关的
Your private life is that part of your life that is concerned with your personal relationships and activities, rather than with your work or business.
e.g. I've always kept my private and professional life separate...
我总是将私生活和工作分开。
e.g. My private affairs are no one's business but my own.
我自己的事自己管，不用其他人操心。
7. （想法、感觉）私密的，隐私的，内心的
Your private thoughts or feelings are ones that you do not talk about to other people.
private的反义词
e.g. We all felt as if we were intruding on his private grief.
我们都觉得似乎触及到了他内心的伤痛。
e.g. ...the enactment of her private sexual fantasies...
她内心产生了性幻想
8. 只有自己人明白的
You can use private to describe situations or activities that are understood only by the people involved in them, and not by anyone else.
private的翻译
e.g. Chinese waiters stood in a cluster, sharing a private joke...
华人服务生们站在一起，讲着只有他们自己才懂的笑话。
e.g. As many as 40 per cent of twins have a private language that excludes the rest of the family.
多达40％的双胞胎都有自己的语言，其他家庭成员都听不懂。
9. （地方等）僻静的，幽静的，无人打扰的
If you describe a place as private, or as somewhere where you can be private, you mean that it is a quiet place and you can be alone there without being disturbed.
e.g. It was the only reasonably private place they could find.
这是他们能找到的唯一一个还算僻静之处。
e.g. ...a very attractive country house set within a uniquely beautiful and private position...
坐落在风景独特的僻静之处的非常别致的乡间别墅
10. （人）内敛的，文静内向的，孤僻的
If you describe someone as a private person, you mean that they are very quiet by nature and do not reveal their thoughts and feelings to other people.
e.g. She has always been a rather private person...
她一直是一个相当内向的人。
e.g. Gould was an intensely private individual.
古德以前是个极为孤僻的人。
11. 私人教授的；私下辅导的
You can use private to describe lessons that are not part of ordinary school activity, and which are given by a teacher to an individual pupil or a small group, usually in return for payment.
private的近义词
e.g. Martial arts: Private lessons: £8 per hour.
武术：私人教授：每小时8英镑
e.g. ...Donald Tovey, who took her as his private pupil for the piano.
唐纳德·托维，她的私人钢琴老师
12. 列兵，二等兵（级别最低的士兵）
A private is a soldier of the lowest rank in an army or the marines.
e.g. One gunner in each battery was an NCO and the rest were privates.
每个炮兵连都有一个炮手是军士，其余都是二等兵。
e.g. ...Private Martin Ferguson.
二等兵马丁·费格森
13. 私处；阴部
Your privates are your genitals.
e.g. You should wash your feet and your privates every day.
应该每天洗脚，并清洗阴部。
14. see also: privately
15. 私下地；秘密地
If you do something in private, you do it without other people being present, often because it is something that you want to keep secret.
private的翻译
e.g. Some of what we're talking about might better be discussed in private.
我们要谈论的一些事情最好是在私下里讨论。