| 单词 | private |
| 释义 | private private // adjective
1 [usually before noun] owned, managed or provided by an individual person or an independent company, rather than by the state: a private law firm private medical insurance There is no shortage of private funding for biotechnology. Much of the energy industry is now in private hands (= owned by private companies rather than the government). OPP PUBLIC ⇨ PRIVATE COMPANY
2 [usually before noun] working or acting for yourself rather than for the state or for an organization or a company: A group of private investors got together to buy the company. As a private IT consultant he could earn ten times what he made as an employee. a doctor in private practice She decided to go private (= pay for medical care rather than use state services).
3 belonging to or for the use of a particular person or group; not for public use: This car park is private. A number of their clients have their own private jets. The share documents were found among her private papers. The sign said ‘Private Property. Keep out.' OPP PUBLIC
4 (Commerce ; Finance ) [only before noun] sold only to particular people or organizations; not offered to the public in general to buy: a private sale of $1.25 billion of shares The company announced a planned private offering of stock. OPP PUBLIC
5 intended for or involving a particular person or group of people; not for people in general to attend or know about: The council held a private meeting this morning. The letter was marked ‘Private'. An employee's salary is considered a private matter. OPP PUBLIC
6 [usually before noun] not connected with your work or official position: You should not make private calls from the office. She had some private business to attend to. Problems in his private life were affecting his work. SYN PERSONAL
privately adverb: One in three rented properties is privately owned. a privately funded organization Can we speak privately?
IDIOMS
go private; take a company private (Finance ) if a company whose shares are sold on the stock market goes private, it becomes independent by buying back shares from shareholders; to make a company independent in this way: a plan for the public utility companies to go private |
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