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

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.

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

I'm really not privy to that kind of information.
我还不能提供这些信息。
Victoria: It is with a sense of reverence and honour that I address you, my Privy Councillors, as your Sovereign and Queen.
维多利亚：作为你们的君主和女王，怀着崇敬和荣幸之情，我任命你们为枢密院议员。
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。
The French seem to be privy to this fashion truth.
法国时装这似乎是获知真相。
Or as sulky as a member of the Privy council.
也可以像英国枢密院的议员般严厉。
So the Privy Council was also called the King's Council in history.
它在历史上也称为国王议会。
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。
For many countries ( especially commonwealth countries) appealed may be hear from the highest court of these countries by the privy council.
对许多国家（尤其是英联邦国家）枢密院可能会审理来自最高法院的上诉。
I was made privy to the secret.
我已闻该秘密。
I was hardly privy to everything about his practice.
我对他的行医状况毫不知情。