privy

英 [ˈprɪvi]

美 [ˈprɪvi]

adj.  准许知情; 可参与秘事
n.  (户外)厕所，茅房

复数：privies　

Collins.1 / BNC.8767 / COCA.13963

牛津词典

adj.

• 准许知情；可参与秘事
  allowed to know about sth secret
  1. She was not privy to any information contained in the letters.
     她未获准接触那些信的内容。

noun

• （户外）厕所，茅房
  a toilet, especially an outdoor one

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 允许获知的；知情的；了解内情的
  If you areprivy tosomething secret, you have been allowed to know about it.
  1. Only three people, including a policeman, will be privy to the facts.
     只会允许3个人，其中包括一名警察，了解这些内情。
• （尤指户外的）厕所，茅房
  Aprivyis a toilet, especially one that is in a small building outside a house.

英英释义

noun

• a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate
  Synonym:outhouseearth-closetjakes
• a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
  Synonym:toiletlavatorylavcanjohnbathroom

adj

• hidden from general view or use
  1. a privy place to rest and think
  2. a secluded romantic spot
  3. a secret garden
  Synonym:secludedsecret

双语例句

• Mr Thaksin has called for the resignation of two privy counsellors whom he says were behind the2006 coup.
  他信要求两名私人顾问辞职，他说此二人参与了2006年的政变。
• There was a release clause in my contract that no one was supposed to be privy to but if people go and mention that I can't help it.
  在我的合同里，有个额外的条款，但人们总不断的提到它，我也无能为力。
• After a series of encounters, the young man learns that effective managers are privy to three secrets.
  在经历过一系列遭遇之后，这个年轻人懂得了高效经理人要通晓三个秘密。
• I wasn't privy to the negotiations.
  我对那些谈判并不知情。
• I feel as if I am back in the privy again, watching my father die.
  我感觉自己又回到了那个厕所，看着自己的父亲死亡。
• I'm not even privy to his briefings.
  甚至在他的简要报告中都很少提到我。
• The privy took proceedings against the company.
  当事人对这家公司提起诉讼。
• How far he was right in this conjecture, and what he ought to think of his mother, how far she was privy to this murder were the doubts which continually harassed and distracted him.
  到底应该怎样看待他的母亲：这个谋杀她参加了多少？这些疑问不断地困扰着他，使他心神不定。
• The Privy Council tipped the promoters of the company to go ahead.
  枢密院示意公司的创办人继续进行。
• Now, another privy without privacy has been found-right under the noses of the media.
  而现在，就在媒体的眼皮底下，另一间毫无私密性的厕所被发现了。