Privately
[ 'praivitli ]
第5级
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adv. 私下地，不公开地;私自;背地里;
📝 例句
Some ministers admit privately that unemployment could continue to rise.
一些部长私下承认失业率可能继续升高.
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
📖 牛津释义
privately
adv: The matter was arranged privately. 事情已私下作了安排.
He supported the official policy in public, but privately he knew it would fail. 他在公开的场合里拥护官方的政策, 而在私下里却明白那是行不通的.
a privately-owned firm 私有的公司.
🗣️ 情景例句
Rules are meant to be followed, not broken.
规则制订出来是让人遵守，而不是让人破坏。
His thinking is behind the times.
他的想法赶不上时代。
'I suppose it would, but I never catch a later train.'
“我认为可以，但我从来不乘晚一点儿的车。”