;(买卖)通过私人地 If you buy or sell something privately, you buy it from or sell it to another person directly, rather than in a shop or through a business.
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The whole process makes buying a car privately as painless as buying from a garage...
整个过程使得从私人手中购买汽车与从汽车库购买一样方便。
A great deal of food is distributed and sold privately without ever reaching the shops.
很多食物都是通过私人渠道直接配送和销售,根本没有进过商店。
LDC
privatelypri‧vate‧ly /ˈpraɪvətli/ ●○○ adverb
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1with no one else presentSYN in private: I must talk to you privately.2if you feel or think something privately, you do not tell anyone about it: Laura praised the pictures, though she privately thought they were rather ordinary.[sentence adverb] Privately, Harriet had to agree.3not publicly or as part of your work[sentence adverb] Privately, senior officials agreed that not many people had voted.4especially British English using or involving private rather than government institutions: Both children are privately educated. a privately owned company
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privately
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私下地(67%),秘密地(33%)
adv.私下地;秘密地
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