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- She was not privy to any information contained in the letters.
她未获准接触那些信的内容。
- She was not privy to any information contained in the letters.
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.- 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。
- Only three people, including a policeman, will be privy to the facts.
- (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
- a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
adj
- hidden from general view or use
- a privy place to rest and think
- a secluded romantic spot
- a secret garden
双语例句
- 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。 - 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。 - Outsiders are not privy to the party's inner workings.
外人无法得知该党的内部运作。 - I wasn't privy to the negotiations.
我对那些谈判并不知情。 - Beyond were a great tree of strawberry apples, the traditional privy, a modest barn, a hen house, a corn crib, and a pigpen.
再外面有一颗草莓苹果树,一个老式的厕所,一个不大的谷仓,一个鸡舍,一个谷物饲料槽,和一个猪圈。 - In my capacity as assistant director, I'm now privy to personnel files.
从我副主任的观点来看,我私人的观点。 - The privy's out the back.
厕所在房子后面。 - I was made privy to the secret.
我已闻该秘密。 - A privy place to rest and think; a secluded romantic spot; a secret garden.
一个休息和思考的私人空间;一个隐蔽的传奇的地点;秘密花园。 - 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。