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

• I was hardly privy to everything about his practice.
  我对他的行医状况毫不知情。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• And who might have been privy to it.
  并且谁能接触到它。
• There was a release clause in my contract that no one was supposed to be privy to but if people go and mention that I can't help it.
  在我的合同里，有个额外的条款，但人们总不断的提到它，我也无能为力。
• 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。
• The Privy Council was formerly the chief source of executive power in the state and give private advice to the king.
  枢密院原来是政府行政权力的源泉，给君主提供“私人”建议。
• The French seem to be privy to this fashion truth.
  法国时装这似乎是获知真相。
• 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。