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。
• Outsiders are not privy to the party's inner workings.
  外人无法得知该党的内部运作。
• I'm not privy to the details of the international beer delivery, but I can tell you that the president is somebody who makes good on his bets, White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters later on Friday.
  啤酒递送的细节我就不清楚了，但我可以告诉你的是，奥巴马总统是一个赌局中信誉良好的人。周五白宫发言人乔什厄尼思特向记者如是说。
• 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。
• 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。
• Finally, they created the Witan ( council or meeting of the wisemen) to advise the king, the basis of the Privy Council which still exists today.
  最后，他们还创立了议会（贤人会议），向国王提供建议，这就成为了今天仍存在的枢密院的基础。
• 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。
• 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。
• I was hardly privy to everything about his practice.
  我对他的行医状况毫不知情。
• The French seem to be privy to this fashion truth.
  法国时装这似乎是获知真相。