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Privately Buy Sell Buying Private Sentence Adverb  Privately

The word 'privately' is an adverb. It means happening or done in private, not in public. It can also refer to buying or selling directly between people, rather than through a business or shop.

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private
(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.
  [ADV after v]
  • 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 present SYN  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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私下地(67%),秘密地(33%)
adv.私下地;秘密地

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