privacy
英 ['pr?v?s?; 'pra?-]
美['pra?v?si]
- n. 隐私；秘密；隐居；隐居处
CET6TEM4IELTS考研中低频词常用词汇
词态变化
复数:?privacies;
中文词源
privacy 隐私，私密
来自private,私人的，私密的，-acy,名词后缀。引申词义隐私，私密。
英文词源
- privacy (n.)
- 1590s, "a private matter, a secret;" c. 1600 as "seclusion," from private (adj.) + -cy. Meaning "state of freedom from intrusion" is from 1814. Earlier was privatie (late 14c. as "secret, mystery;" c. 1400 as "a secret, secret deed; solitude, privacy"), from Old French privauté.
双语例句
- 1. The newspaper breached the code of conduct on privacy.
- 该报违反了保护隐私的行为准则。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The least his hotel could do is provide a little privacy.
- 他的酒店至少应该提供一点隐私?；?。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. I do very much appreciate the quietness and privacy here.
- 我的确非常喜欢这里宁静幽雅、不受打扰的氛围。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Thatched pavilions provide shady retreats for relaxing and reading in privacy.
- 茅草亭是独自放松和读书的阴凉清幽之所。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. She has been comparatively successful in maintaining her privacy.
- 在?；ぷ约旱囊椒矫嫠恢倍甲龅帽冉铣晒Α?/dd>
来自柯林斯例句