personal, private, individual

名詞 private:

1. an enlisted man of the lowest rank
   同義詞：buck private, common soldier

形容詞 private:

1. confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy
2. concerning things deeply private and personal
3. concerning one person exclusively
   同義詞：individual
4. not expressed
   同義詞：secret

1. Let's go upstairs where we can be a bit more private.
   咱們上樓吧，那里沒什麼外人。
2. He's a rather private person.
   他不太喜歡和別人交流思想感情。
3. The public is fascinated by the private lives of public figures.
   公眾對社會名流的私生活具有濃厚的興趣。
4. The president is paying a private visit to Europe.
   總統(tǒng)正在對歐洲做私人訪問。
5. It's illegal to read people's private letters without permission.
   未經(jīng)允許看別人的私人信件是不合法的。
6. She is a very private person.
   她是個非常孤僻的人。

pri.vate

adj.Abbr. priv.,pvt.（形容詞）縮寫 priv.,pvt.

Secluded from the sight, presence, or intrusion of others:
隱蔽的：隔離了其他人的眼光、出現(xiàn)或侵擾的：
例句：
a private hideaway.
幽僻的隱蔽所

Designed or intended for one`s exclusive use:
私人的，專用的：專為某人單獨使用設(shè)計的：
例句：
a private room.
私人房間

Of or confined to the individual; personal:
個人的，私人的：局限于個人的；個人的：
例句：
a private joke; private opinions.
個人的笑話；個人觀點

Undertaken on an individual basis:
個人從事的：以個人為基礎(chǔ)進行的：
例句：
private studies; private research.
私人研究；私人調(diào)查研究

Of, relating to, or receiving special hospital services and privileges:
私人醫(yī)護的：屬于、關(guān)于或接受醫(yī)院特別服務(wù)和特權(quán)的：
例句：
a private patient.
特別病人

Not available for public use, control, or participation:
私人的，私有的：公眾不能隨意使用、控制或參加的：
例句：
a private club; a private party.
私人俱樂部，私人聚會

Belonging to a particular person or persons, as opposed to the public or the government:
私有的：屬于特定的某人或一些人的，如相對于公眾或政府：
例句：
private property.
私有財產(chǎn)

Conducted and supported primarily by private individuals or by a nongovernmental agency or corporation:
私立的：主要由一些個人或非政府的機構(gòu)、公司領(lǐng)導或支持的：
例句：
a private college; a private sanatorium.
私立學院；私營療養(yǎng)院

Of, relating to, or derived from nongovernment sources:
民間的：屬于、關(guān)于或來源于非政府機關(guān)的：
例句：
private funding.
民間籌款

Not holding an official or public position:
無公職的：沒有官方職位或公開職位的：
例句：
a former President who is now a private citizen.
前任總統(tǒng)現(xiàn)在是一介平民

Not for public knowledge or disclosure; secret:
秘密的：不為公眾所知的，不公開的；秘密的：
例句：
private papers; a private communication.
秘密文件；秘密聯(lián)系

Not appropriate for use or display in public; intimate:
不宜公開的：不宜在公眾前使用或顯示的；個人的：
例句：
private behavior; a private tragedy.
親密的舉動；不宜公開的悲劇

Placing a high value on personal privacy:
重隱私的：重視個人隱私的：
例句：
a retiring, private individual.
孤獨緘默的人

n.（名詞）
Abbr. PVT,Pvt
縮寫 PVT,Pvt
A noncommissioned rank in the U.S. Army or Marine Corps that is below private first class.
二等兵：美國陸軍或海軍陸戰(zhàn)隊的非士官軍銜，低于一等兵
One who holds this rank or a similar rank in a military or paramilitary organization.
屬二等兵階級的士兵：軍事或半軍事性組織團體中持有這一軍銜或類似軍銜的人
privates Private parts. Often used withthe.
privates 陰部，生殖器。經(jīng)常與the 連用

<習慣用語>go private
To take a publicly owned company into private ownership, as by a leveraged buyout.
占為私有：將公有的公司收為私有，如通過杠桿作用收購全部控股權(quán)
in private
Not in public; secretly or confidentially.
秘密地：非公開地；秘密地或在私下地
來源：
Middle English privat
中古英語 privat
from Latin prov3tus [not in public life] [past participle of] prov3re [to release, deprive]
源自 拉丁語 prov3tus [非公眾生活的] [] prov3re的過去分詞 [解除，剝奪]
from provus [single, alone] * see per
源自 provus [單一的，孤獨的] *參見 per

【引伸】
pri.vately
adv.（副詞）
pri.vateness
n.（名詞）