单词详解

1.adj

A. 私有的；个人的（belonging to or for the use of a particular person or group; not for public use ）                      

  Those are my father’s private papers. 那些都是我父亲的私人文件。

  There was an interesting postscript to these events when her private diary was published.

 她的私人日记发表后，补充了一个有关这些事件的趣闻。

  Spaceship One is the world’s first private spacecraft, and is competing for a prestigious space travel prize.

“太空飞船一号”是世界上第一艘私人开发的太空飞船，它正角逐一项著名的太空飞行奖。

B. 不公开的；秘密的（intended for or involving a particular person or group of people, not for people in general or for others to know about）

  Senior officials held private talks. 高级官员们举行了秘密会谈。

C. 私立的；民营的（owned or managed by an individual person or an independent company rather than by the state）

   Britain has both state and private schools. 英国既有公立学校也有私立学校。

2. n. [C] 士兵（a soldier of the lowest rank in the army）

    I haven’t seen Saving Private Ryan. 我没看过《拯救大兵瑞恩》。

相关词组

1. in private 私下地

  I want to have a word with you in private. 我想和你私下说句话。

2. private school 私立中小学
His son studies in a private school. 他的儿子在一家私立学校学习。

相关单词

复数：privates

反义词：public