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

• 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。
• 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。
• I wasn't privy to the negotiations.
  我对那些谈判并不知情。
• I'm not even privy to his briefings.
  甚至在他的简要报告中都很少提到我。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The privy's out the back.
  厕所在房子后面。
• 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。