B1 only for one person or group and not for everyone私人(用)的;私有的
Private activities involve personal matters or relationships and are not related to your work.私人的
B1 Private thoughts and opinions are secret and not discussed with other people.不公开的,秘密的
A private place is quiet and has no other people to see or hear you.(场所)清静的,不受侵扰的
A private person does not like to talk about their personal feelings and thoughts.不愿吐露心思的;不爱交流思想的;内向的
B2 If you talk to someone or do something in private, you do it without other people being present.非公开的,私下的
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Unless it's marked 'private', my secretary usually opens my post.
The hospital gives mothers no quiet private time to bond with their babies.
We've been invited to a private viewing, before the exhibition opens.
You had no business reading my private letters.
Do you mind? We're trying to have a private conversation here!
B2 controlled or paid for by a person or company and not by the government私立的;私营的;民间的
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She has her own private plane.
How you choose to conduct your private life is your own business!
She's decided to leave the Health Service and join a private practice.
The government restructured the coal industry before selling it to private owners.
The upper classes usually send their children to expensive private schools.
also Private a soldier of the lowest rank in an army二等兵,列兵
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