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privy adj.私下知情的；私人的；秘密的n.有利害关系的人；厕所 (1) 律师对政府秘密私下知情。(2) 他们之中很少人知道密谋的详情。(3) 他们被控欺君谋反、 知情不举。(4) 当事人对这家公司提起诉讼。 The adjective privy comes from the Latin privatus, meaning “private,” and describes someone who has knowledge of secret or confidential information. But watch out: If you use privy as a noun, it can mean “outhouse” or “toilet,” which actually might be a good place to hide your diary if you don't want anyone else to be privy to its contents.

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英 ['prɪvi] 美 ['prɪvi] (1) The lawyer was privy to government secrets.(2) Very few of them were privy to the details of the conspiracy.(3) They were accused of being privy to the plot against the king.(4) The privy took proceedings against the company. If you're privy to something, you've been let in on a secret or know about something that most people don't. Not many people are privy to what those top secret documents are all about, for example. 1[ADJ 形容词]允许获知的；知情的；了解内情的 If you are privy to something secret, you have been allowed to know about it.   [v-link ADJ to n]  [FORMAL 正式]Only three people, including a policeman, will be privy to the facts.只会允许3个人，其中包括一名警察，了解这些内情。2[N-COUNT 可数名词]（尤指户外的）厕所，茅房 A privy is a toilet, especially one that is in a small building outside a house.   [OLD-FASHIONED 过时]

英语单词	privy
英美音标	英 ['prɪvi] 美 ['prɪvi]
中文释义	adj.私下知情的；私人的；秘密的 n.有利害关系的人；厕所
英语例句	(1) The lawyer was privy to government secrets. (2) Very few of them were privy to the details of the conspiracy. (3) They were accused of being privy to the plot against the king. (4) The privy took proceedings against the company.
中文例句	(1) 律师对政府秘密私下知情。 (2) 他们之中很少人知道密谋的详情。 (3) 他们被控欺君谋反、知情不举。 (4) 当事人对这家公司提起诉讼。
vocabulary简明	If you're privy to something, you've been let in on a secret or know about something that most people don't. Not many people are privy to what those top secret documents are all about, for example.
vocabulary扩展	The adjective privy comes from the Latin privatus, meaning “private,” and describes someone who has knowledge of secret or confidential information. But watch out: If you use privy as a noun, it can mean “outhouse” or “toilet,” which actually might be a good place to hide your diary if you don't want anyone else to be privy to its contents.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ 形容词]允许获知的；知情的；了解内情的 If you are privy to something secret, you have been allowed to know about it. [v-link ADJ to n] [FORMAL 正式] Only three people, including a policeman, will be privy to the facts. 只会允许3个人，其中包括一名警察，了解这些内情。 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]（尤指户外的）厕所，茅房 A privy is a toilet, especially one that is in a small building outside a house. [OLD-FASHIONED 过时]

Privy Secret People 英 Prɪvi] 美 Prɪvi Adj.私下知情的；私人的；秘密的 N.有利害关系的人；厕所