privately

副词，表示以私人方式进行，尤其指由私人而非政府或公共机构拥有、经营或管理。

💡 记忆钩子

想象一件事关起公共机构的大门，交给私人来办：从“私下地做”延伸到“由私人经营或管理”。

📖 中文释义

adv

core 由私人经营或私下进行

📖 表示事情不是由政府或公共机构负责，而是由私人拥有、出资、经营或管理；在具体语境中也可以表示不公开地、私下地进行。

💡 常用结构是“privately + 过去分词”，如 privately run（私人经营的）或 privately funded（私人出资的）。说私人经营的学校、铁路或公司时，这个词很自然；若只想表达“秘密地”，要根据上下文确认是否真的涉及隐私，而不要一律使用它。

The museum is privately funded and receives no government money.

这座博物馆由私人出资，不接受政府拨款。

The couple discussed the matter privately after the meeting.

会议结束后，这对夫妇私下讨论了这件事。

more privately comparative most privately superlative

📘 英文释义 (WordNet) 共 2 组

kept private or confined to those intimately concerned; ; ;

同义词集: privately in private in camera

it was discussed privately between the two men

privately, she thought differently

some member of his own party hoped privately for his defeat

he was questioned in private

反义: in public, publically, publicly

by a private person or interest

同义词集: privately

a privately financed campaign

反义: publicly

🌳 词源

由 private 加副词后缀 -ly 构成。

English private Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English privately From private + -ly.

🔄 变式

more privately compar most privately superl

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