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

• 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。
• 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。
• The privy's out the back.
  厕所在房子后面。
• And who might have been privy to it.
  并且谁能接触到它。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。